Keywords
9 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -The world is a confusing place. That’s why I love research! It gives us a deeper understanding about the world. Keywords is an homage to science and the people behind it. In every episode, I call a researcher somewhere in the world to talk about a study they have conducted.
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A Study About Smiling Politicians That Doesn’t Make You Smile
October 05, 2021 06:28 - 33 minutes - 28.3 MBFemale political candidates smile more than their male colleagues, Marc Jungblut and Mario Haim show in a new study. That’s not a problem itself, but the dilemma is if a certain way of presenting yourself is putting you into a box, says Jungblut. This is the “double bind” that female candidates might face: either they are "too" warm and compassionate – typical feminine stereotypes – to be associated with the common traits associated with a strong leader, or they counter these stereotypes – ...
Sci-Hub Founder Alexandra Elbakyan Believes Open Science Is the Only Way
August 10, 2021 07:28 - 14 minutes - 16.6 MBAlexandra Elbakyan is enjoying wide recognition by scientists all over the world. She is the creator of Sci-Hub, an online library for millions of research papers – for free. Every day, half a million users use the site. In the process of making knowledge open to everyone, she has gained many enemies as well. In this episode of Keywords, Elbakyan explains her motives behind Sci-Hub and her plans with the portal for the future. Keywords: Sci-Hub, science, open access, knowledge • Resources...
What 25.000 Images Say About Arab Feminism
July 06, 2021 06:52 - 39 minutes - 29.5 MB@i_love_my_cheetah, @koodiz, @Sondos_aq, @thehala and @themayaahmad are hugely popular social media influencers in the Middle East. These women caught the interest of researcher Zoe Hurley, after hearing of them from her students at the all-female university in Dubai. Despite skeptics, who belittled the relevance of Instagram as a point of inquiry in social sciences, Hurley collected nearly 25.000 Instagram posts by the influencers. What emerged was an analysis of how these women represent ...
Bonus: Rhys and Louise Explain Discourse Analysis
May 12, 2021 16:04 - 20 minutes - 15 MBIn this bonus episode, the researchers behind the study of the C.I.A. on Twitter explain how they used discourse analysis as a tool for unraveling the fascinating reasons behind the agency’s online presence. Topics on this episode: • Critical theory • Discourse analysis • Quantitative vs. qualitative • Research questions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The C.I.A. – The Funny, Open and Young Institution
May 12, 2021 14:54 - 34 minutes - 22.8 MBThe C.I.A. is down with the kids. Since 2014, the agency has been an active tweeter on social media, posting short bursts of light, humorous and self-referential content. In a fresh study, Rhys Crilley and Louise Pears have scrutinized the tweets and analyzed the humorous side of the agency that’s constructed. The C.I.A. being active on Twitter is a natural continuum in the agency’s history of infiltrating itself into pop culture. In doing so, the agency can own parts of its narrative, t...
Babies Are Everywhere Online. But Who Asked Them?
April 09, 2021 07:06 - 39 minutes - 34.1 MBMajor events in life call for photos, starting from immortalizing pregnancy and birth to depicting everyday life. In the 21st century, the family album is now online, containing photos of children. This is what the emerging field of studies on parental practices on social media call sharenting. Today, there are more than 199 million posts on Instagram tagged #baby, followed by nearly 82 million for #babygirl and 65 million for #babyboy. Anna Brosch, who is a PhD from the University of Siles...
Bonus: Tali Explains Her Qualitative Research
March 16, 2021 08:41 - 9 minutes - 6.55 MBIn this bonus segment of episode 1, Tali Aharoni tells me more about how she conducted the research with the young Israelis avoiding news. If you’re a student embarking on a journey doing research on your own, you might find this helpful in explaining what that inductive method really is. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Meet the News Avoiders
March 16, 2021 08:40 - 35 minutes - 26.3 MBFor the past year we have been glued to the newsfeed. In this exercise we now call doomscrolling we keep on refreshing the news about the pandemic on and on. What does this do to our sanity? It might be helpful to actually avoid news nowadays. In this inaugural episode of Keywords, Tali Aharoni, who is a PhD student at the Hebrew university of Jerusalem, tells about news avoidance. She has recently published a study with her colleagues on news avoiding youth in Israel. We will hear more abo...
Gotta Love Research
March 14, 2021 09:45 - 1 minute - 1.91 MBThe world is a confusing place. The only thing I know for certain is that I know nothing. That’s why i love research! It gives us a deeper understanding about the world. Keywords is a homage to science and the people behind it. In every episode, I call a researcher somewhere in the world to talk about a study they have conducted. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.