Social Media and Ourselves: Recent Episodes
Diana Daly of the University of Arizona iSchool
Social Media and Ourselves uses storytelling, student voices, and sound design in the unflinching examination of social media at the center of our lives. Produced by Diana Daly and the iVoices Student Media Lab. iVoices is made possible in part through funding from CUES the Center for University Education Scholarship at the University of Arizona, by SBS College, and by the iSchool at the University of Arizona. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. (Image by Gerd Altmann.)
"I guess I always thought that if I strike first, you know, I'd win the fight more often." For summer break, enjoy a few uninterrupted student stories about life online. Social Media & Ourselves Executive Producer: Diana Daly. Music by Gabe Stultz. Sponsored in part by the Center for University Education and Scholarship and the iSchool at the University of Arizona.
In this episode, Jacquie explores how religious figures known for their hate and intolerance affect society through social media. Join her to see the impact one nationalist monk had on Myanmar, one preacher had on a past president's safety, and one minister who reminds us preaching just scripture isn't enough to spread true tolerance and love.
To learn more about the podcast and team, please visit ivoices.us
To learn more about the hateful preachers in this episode as well as many others, please visit preachersofhate.com
To learn more about Reverend Doctor Jacqui Lewis and other good-natured figures like her, please visit https://www.americanprogress.org/article/21-faith-leaders-watch-2021/
Meet Zero, one of the panelist at the OffBeat Media Group's presentation at SXSW 2022. In this episode, Jacquie explores the possible consequences and perceptions of virtual humans entering the entertainment space. Join her on her journey for answer as she interviews streamer, Outlaw Quadrant, and video editor, Hunter.
This episode has considerable profanity and opinions of interviewees that are not shared by out podcast team and that many may find offensive! A censored version will be available at ivoices.org or https://ivoices.ischool.arizona.edu/social-media-and-ourselves.
Big thanks again to Misha, Joe, and the rest of the Wonder House team.
This episode of Social Media & Ourselves was produced by Jacquie Kuru with sounds by Gabe Stultz of the iVoices Media Lab, which is sponsored in part by the Center for University Education Scholarship at the University of Arizona. If you liked this episode, subscribe, tell a friend, and review us wherever you get your podcasts. To learn more visit iVoices.us.
The SMO podcast team was at SXSW 2022 with the University of Arizona Wonder House. In this episode, Diana sets out to disentangle the culture of the city of Austin and the hyperconnected projection that is SXSW. Are they in a codependent relationship? What has SXSW done to Austin's music scene? Why do even tech-savvy people prefer f2f to online? And what does all this mean for the next frontier of tech experiences, Virtuality 3.0? Interviews with Austin residents and visitors include Thor Harris of Swans, Luke Savisky of the 1990 film Slacker, and the crew of the food truck Cocina de Carnival aka Big Bertha.
This episode has considerable profanity! A censored version will be available at ivoices.org or https://ivoices.ischool.arizona.edu/social-media-and-ourselves.
Big thanks to Thor Harris, Eric Redpath, Carlos, Paige Swift, Luke Savisky, and Pri. Also to Ravi, Ratziv, David, Jose Rodriguez and The Cocina de Carnaval Crew and their families. It was awesome being at the Wonder House, so special thanks to Misha, Joe, and the rest of the Wonder House team. Drums by Thor Harris were recorded in the spectacular installation "Volumes" by Ezra Masch.
This episode of Social Media & Ourselves was produced by Diana Daly and scored by Gabe Stultz of the iVoices Media Lab, which is sponsored in part by the Center for University Education Scholarship at the University of Arizona. If you liked this episode, subscribe, tell a friend, and review us wherever you get your podcasts. To learn more visit iVoices.us.
In this episode, Professor Diana Daly, Gabe Stultz, and Jacquie Kuru take a look back on the podcast, sharing their favorite episodes, moments, and challenges so far. Stay tuned for an additional episode this month - recorded at SXSW!
SMO theme and episode production by Gabe Stultz. Listen with Transcript: https://share.descript.com/view/iYrRt1oV4bX
In this episode, Gabe Stultz gives us an introduction to the world of Twitch. A site that dominates the live streaming world, the platform itself becomes subject to changing "metas," or trends in popular programming dictated by popular creators. With boundaries being pushed to create the hottest new trend, we run into the latest meta: the "react" meta, in which streamers are baiting DMCA strikes. Will they bring the wrath of copyright holders down upon all of Twitch, or is there no reason to panic? SMO theme composed by Gabe Stultz. Music in this episode by PR1SM. Produced by Gabe Stultz with a deep thanks to Dr. Daly for this episode's interview. Listen with Transcript: https://share.descript.com/view/XnYlnMMRRar
Cover image designed by Gabe Stultz from the following Images: Source: Fox/xQc/Pokimane https://www.invenglobal.com/articles/15997/how-long-can-the-masterchef-twitch-meta-last
"There's a lot of pressure on sorority girls in particular to perform and to act like a typical sorority girl. But in reality, they're just being surveyed and watched over at every second." Gabe Stultz and Prof Daly guide us through stories illustrating the three levels of sorority behavior policing and how they play out on Instagram, Snapchat, and Greek Rank. Transcript at https://share.descript.com/view/jl7lf7zFEdN. Produced by Diana Daly and Gabe Stultz, with deep thanks to the students who shared their stories.
Citations:
Berbary, L. A., & Johnson, C. W. (2012). The American sorority girl recast: An ethnographic screenplay of leisure in context. Leisure/Loisir, 36(3-4), 243-268.
Berbary, L. A. (2012). “Don’t Be a Whore, That’s Not Ladylike” Discursive Discipline and Sorority Women’s Gendered Subjectivity. Qualitative Inquiry, 18(7), 606-625.
Berbary, L. A. (2014). “Even the Good Girls Have Their Moments” Sorority Women’s Mis-Repeats of Ladylike Discourse. Qualitative Inquiry, 20(8), 947-964.
Cover image designed by Diana Daly from the following Images: Dove https://github.com/emojione/emojione/graphs/contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons. Mary Louise Bennet. Surveillance by Marwa Boukarim from NounProject.com.
When Kiersten made a gamer friend during a Siege Grind, it seemed like a solution to lockdown loneliness. Then she got to know him better. Contains offensive language - for a bleeped version go to https://ivoices.ischool.arizona.edu/social-media-and-ourselves. Edited by Gabe Stultz. Produced by iVoices Student Media Lab, which is supported in part by the Center for University Education and Scholarship.
The internet can seem like a faraway place. It can seem fictional and like it cannot affect you. But today we see relationships, politics, and cultural movements echoing attitudes that originate on the web. How can this be? In this episode, we listen to stories from people who thought they were impervious to the internet's influence. Instead, they found their realities perturbed by things they first saw on-screen. Produced and narrated by Gabe Stultz with support from Jacquie Kuru and Diana Daly of iVoices Media Lab at the University of Arizona. All music in this episode by Gabe Stultz.
Digital memory is perfect. Thanks to technology we remember so much more than we used to. And that's good...or is it? Featuring more stories by college students about the once-cool outfits, hairstyles, and moments that bring shame on social media later; then a story of surviving a mass shooting only to relive it in response to a photo on Facebook; and an interview with Diana's sister about Diana's MC Hammer pants and her hideous blazer that mysteriously disappeared in middle school.
(This is a rerelease of an episode produced in 2019.)
Analysis from the 2012 Keble London Lecture by Victor Mayer-Schönberger, author of Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age https://books.google.com/books?id=ZrqvYOBm_sMC&lpg=PP1&ots=6pdpM-ALbT&lr&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false
Music in this episode:
Gabe Stultz of iVoices created the iVoices theme music. Podington Bear, Lamb http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Rhythm_and_Strings/Lamb_1842 Chad Crouch, Peanut Shells http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chad_Crouch/Electric_Piano_Duets/Peanut_Shells Kai Engel, Global Warming https://soundcloud.com/kaiengel/global-warming AJ "DJ UnME" Reynolds featuring Big MC, Can't Touch This (cover) https://soundcloud.com/djunme/big-mc-you-cant-touch-this
An interview with Dr. Victor Braitberg about the machinations by social media platforms that help us form online relationships - and help them profit from it all. Is this good? Bad? Or The Truman Show? Produced by Jacquie Kuru and Gabe Stultz. Listen while viewing the transcript at https://share.descript.com/view/0jameQzbz00 or at https://ivoices.ischool.arizona.edu/social-media-and-ourselves.
iVoices Media Lab student worker Jacquie Kuru explores her personal experience and understanding of Asian American hate through discussions with Professor Daly and fellow classmate, Alicia Nguyen. Theme music by Gabe Stultz. Music backtracks and audio story by Jacquie Kuru. Produced by Jacquie Kuru, Diana Daly, and iVoices Media Lab.
iVoices intern Randi Baltzer explores the differences in communication and connection between the tangible world and the digital world through student stories and her own experiences. Theme music and music backtracks by Gabe Stultz. Produced by Diana Daly, Jacquie Kuru and iVoices Media Lab.
Three stories of young people putting themselves out there on social media, leading to a range of situations from the uncomfortable to the sublime. Storytelling and collection by iVoices Intern Taylor Robeson. Music by Gabe Stultz. Produced by Diana Daly and the iVoices Media Lab at the University of Arizona.
iVoices intern Kris Kelley explores her experience being cyberbullied after appearing in a Disney commercial, to understand why trolls spread hate online. Music by Jonatha Chance and Airtone. Theme music by Gabe Stultz. Produced by Diana Daly and iVoices Media Lab.
View transcript audiogram: https://share.descript.com/view/F2Xntln7dmW
Digital memory is perfect. Thanks to technology we remember so much more than we used to. And that's good...or is it? Featuring more stories by college students about the once-cool outfits, hairstyles, and moments that bring shame on social media later; then a story of surviving a mass shooting only to relive it in response to a photo on Facebook; and an interview with Diana's sister about Diana's MC Hammer pants and her hideous blazer that mysteriously disappeared in middle school. Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gimp2upjYxzLyN42e-RJQ3ISbKy8mMfO/view?usp=sharing
Analysis from the 2012 Keble London Lecture by Victor Mayer-Schönberger, author of Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age https://books.google.com/books?id=ZrqvYOBm_sMC&lpg=PP1&ots=6pdpM-ALbT&lr&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false
Music in this episode:
David Szestay, Suspicious Strings http://freemusicarchive.org/music/David_Szesztay/20170730112627115/Suspicious_Strings Podington Bear, Lamb http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Rhythm_and_Strings/Lamb_1842 Chad Crouch, Peanut Shells http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chad_Crouch/Electric_Piano_Duets/Peanut_Shells Kai Engel, Global Warming https://soundcloud.com/kaiengel/global-warming AJ "DJ UnME" Reynolds featuring Big MC, Can't Touch This (cover) https://soundcloud.com/djunme/big-mc-you-cant-touch-this
Image by Enokson via Flickr
Sometimes we panic about the growing use of social media. For this episode we talk to Dr. Stephen Rains about how social media can help people if they have the courage to push past its "fundamental paradox." Featuring stories by students witnessing fat-shaming, confessing to cyberbullying, finding support online when they least expect it, and so much more. LISTEN WITH TRANSCRIPT: https://arizona.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=b44a8a5f-5135-422e-8430-aa3301249152 Guest: Dr. Stephen Rains, author of Coping with Illness Digitally https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/coping-illness-digitally
MUSIC: Kai Engel, Aspirato http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Caeli/Kai_Engel_-_caeli_-_01_aspirato_1225 Susijat, Vitamin D http://freemusicarchive.org/music/SUSIJAT/ Marrach, Lay Here in the Dusk http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Marrach/Swing_with_a_Black_Dog_1033/Lay_Here_in_the_Dusk PR1SM, 27th Generation https://soundcloud.com/PR1SM-music/27th-generation Alan Špiljak , Not the End http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alan_Spiljak/Colors/Alan_Spiljak_-_08_-_Not_the_end