Psychological Insights for Understanding COVID-19 and Media and Technology
3 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -International experts introduce important themes in psychological science and media studies that engage with people’s experience of the pandemic.
Based on the book, "Psychological Insights for Understanding COVID-19 and Media and Technology" published by Routledge , in this podcast, chapter authors discuss their work in conversation with editor Ciarán Mc Mahon.
The podcast explores how COVID-19 has impacted our relationship with technology, examining topics including fake news, social media, conspiracy theories, belonging, online emotional lives and relationship formation and identity.
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Episodes
When (fake) news feels true - Episode 1 with Prof Norbert Schwarz
December 09, 2020 14:00 - 50 minutes - 54.7 MBHave you ever shared a link online without reading the article? How often do you challenge people in face-to-face conversations about the truthfulness of what they're telling you? Does the design of social media platforms affect what we believe? How exactly should we deal with politicians who constantly lie to the public? Dealing with these questions and many more, in the first episode of this podcast series, I interview Prof Norbert Schwarz. Prof Schwarz is Provost Professor in the Departm...
Introduction to the podcast
December 05, 2020 14:00 - 3 minutes - 5.43 MBHi my name is Ciarán Mc Mahon and welcome to Psychological Insights for Understanding COVID-19 and Media and Technology. This podcast is based around the book of the same name I've edited which has just been published by Routledge. Psychological Insights for Understanding COVID-19 and Media and Technology draws together chapters as they originally appeared before COVID-19 descended on the world. Over the course of the following episodes, I'll be speaking with the authors of those chapters...
Trailer
December 04, 2020 12:21 - 48 seconds - 1.34 MBHi my name is Ciarán Mc Mahon and welcome to Psychological Insights for Understanding COVID-19 and Media and Technology. This podcast is based around the book, Psychological Insights for Understanding COVID-19 and Media and Technology, which draws together chapters as they originally appeared before COVID-19 descended on the world. Over the course of the following episodes, I'll be speaking with the authors of those chapters. So that means we're going to be talking about about fake news, s...