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wrapping our data in a neat ball and presenting it back to us at the end of the year. The trailblazer of
these algorithmic events has been Spotify’s end-of-year celebration, Spotify Wrapped. Taylor
Annabell (Researcher, Utrecht University) and Nina Vindum Rasmussen (LSE Fellow, London School
of Economics and Political Science) help us to unwrap this phenomenon. In particular, they talk us
through insights gained from workshops they organised to get Spotify users thinking critically and
creatively about Wrapped.
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66117159Fri, 18 Jul 2025 12:00:08 +0000Media Industries PodcastLast year you listened to 494 hours of podcasts, your favourite genre was probably true crime, but your top podcast was Media Industries! Perhaps? Well, maybe. We’re so used to algorithms wrapping our data in a neat ball and presenting it back to us...your top podcast was Media Industries! Perhaps? Well, maybe. We’re so used to algorithms
wrapping our data in a neat ball and presenting it back to us at the end of the year. The trailblazer of
these algorithmic events has been Spotify’s end-of-year celebration, Spotify Wrapped. Taylor
Annabell (Researcher, Utrecht University) and Nina Vindum Rasmussen (LSE Fellow, London School
of Economics and Political Science) help us to unwrap this phenomenon. In particular, they talk us
through insights gained from workshops they organised to get Spotify users thinking critically and
creatively about Wrapped.
]]>1917academia,ai,algorithm,media,music,podcast,spotify,unwrappedfalse210fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-and-copyright-authorship-and-originality-tanya-aplin--66117158https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66117158Fri, 11 Jul 2025 12:00:08 +0000Media Industries PodcastCopyright has been predicated on protecting original works of human authorship. When AI generates new works, however, what happens to the status of authorship, originality and protection? For this episode, we are very pleased to welcome back Tanya...1875academia,ai,copyright,mediafalse29fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/can-ai-cure-baumol-s-disease-gillian-doyle-and-sabine-baumann--66117160https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66117160Fri, 04 Jul 2025 12:00:08 +0000Media Industries PodcastAcross many industries, a key belief driving the current boom in AI use is the economic logic that certain processes can be streamlined in ways that reduce human effort and thereby bring efficiencies and cost reductions. How possible is this in the...1853ai,baulmol's,cure,disease,mediafalse28fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sound-of-the-future-ai-s-role-in-music-creation-hazel-savage--66117155https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66117155Fri, 27 Jun 2025 12:00:09 +0000Media Industries PodcastDevelopments in AI changed, transformed and disrupted many industries, but one of the industries where these shifts have been most felt is in music. From the bedroom producer using the assistance of AI in their creation, to multi-billion dollar music...1686academy,ai,labels,media,music,streamingfalse27fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-political-economy-of-ai-nick-srnicek--66117154https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66117154Fri, 20 Jun 2025 12:00:08 +0000Media Industries PodcastWhen we think of AI, we tend to think about the chat bot, the prompt that generates the new image, the AI assistant that helps with some of our everyday admin. But, what about everything behind the curtain? The power dynamics, economics, and politics...1640academy,ai,economy,media,policitalfalse26fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-and-the-games-industry-digdem-sezen--66117157https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66117157Fri, 13 Jun 2025 12:00:07 +0000Media Industries PodcastWhile there is a lot of talk about how AI is transforming creative industries, before this discussion, there was already an industry where artificial intelligence was not only prominent, but a must in most outputs: the digital games industry....1398academy,ai,games,industry,mediafalse25fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/assessing-the-impact-of-ai-on-creative-labour-hye-kyung-lee--66117156https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66117156Fri, 06 Jun 2025 12:00:08 +0000Media Industries PodcastGenerative AI challenges the human monopoly on creativity, and consequently, when addressing the impacts of AI on the media industries, one of the highlight concerns that has emerged is the extent to which applications of AI may disrupt, and...1815academy,ai,creative,labour,mediafalse24fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/screen-workers-and-streaming-data-nina-vindum-rasmussen--66117153https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66117153Fri, 30 May 2025 12:00:10 +0000Media Industries PodcastStreamed video entertainment services are well known for their systemic collection and processing of big data. For the users of those services, the application of that data will manifest itself in the form of computer-generated recommendations. But...1858academy,ai,data,media,screen,streaming,workersfalse23fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-and-copyright-part-one-tanya-aplin--66117097https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66117097Fri, 23 May 2025 12:00:08 +0000Media Industries PodcastTraditionally, copyright has been predicated on protecting and sustaining human creativity. From the pen to the camera, human creativity has involved the use of tools. With digital forms of creativity, computing technologies have variously become the...1642academy,ai,copyright,mediafalse22fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/media-industries-and-ai-an-introduction-orcun-can-and-paul-mcdonald-king-s-college-london--66116153Media Industries podcast, Orçun and Paul offer a sneak peek of what to expect from the upcoming episodes.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66116153Fri, 23 May 2025 12:00:08 +0000Media Industries PodcastOrçun Can and Paul McDonald (King’s College London) Opening series two of the Media Industries podcast, Orçun and Paul offer a sneak peek of what to expect from the upcoming episodes.Media Industries podcast, Orçun and Paul offer a sneak peek of what to expect from the upcoming episodes.]]>706academia,ai,artificialintelligence,college,education,king's,london,media,scholar,universityfalse21trailerhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spatialisation-of-mobile-film-production-social-media-functions-of-fintech-audience-responses-to-films-from-small-european-territories--60110399https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60110399Tue, 21 May 2024 11:00:43 +0000Media Industries PodcastFocusing on what he calls ‘mobile production’, Kevin Sanson (Queensland University of Technology) discusses the spatial configuration of creative relationships in film and television, and the logistical role of labour in making and maintaining those...2217education,media,research,universityfalse111fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/girls-love-media-in-southeast-asia-young-audiences-and-british-screen-content-streamers-and-drama-production-in-smaller-european-markets--60110384Screen Encounters with Britain’, a project examining what young audiences in Denmark, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands are thinking about British film and television output. 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Finally, Nino Domazetovikj (Free University of Brussels) outlines how transnational video streaming services are reshaping commissioning strategies and production investment for scripted television fiction in smaller European markets.]]>1896education,media,research,universityfalse110fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/japanese-dramas-in-the-format-market-saudi-arabia-s-cultural-ideology-online-new-tabloids-and-political-discourse--60110361https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60110361Tue, 21 May 2024 11:00:34 +0000Media Industries PodcastForum Mithani (Cardiff University) outlines how in recent years Japanese dramas have achieved greater prominence in the international scripted television format market, focusing in particular on the remaking of ‘Mother’. Anthony Killick (Liverpool...2128education,media,research,universityfalse19fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mental-wellbeing-in-media-work-european-regulation-and-production-investment-by-streamers-irish-media-and-the-feminist-movement--60110308https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60110308Tue, 21 May 2024 11:00:28 +0000Media Industries PodcastMark Deuze (University of Amsterdam) highlights issues of mental wellbeing in media work, and the paradox of professionals equally voicing unhappiness and joy about their working lives. Ivana Kostovska (Free University of Brussels) reflects on how...2036education,media,research,universityfalse18fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gender-equity-policies-for-film-industries-competitiveness-of-small-film-producing-nations-public-service-media-and-the-child-audience--60110299https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60110299Tue, 21 May 2024 11:00:19 +0000Media Industries PodcastDoris Eikhof (University of Glasgow) reports insights from the Gender Equity Policy (GEP) Analysis project which conducted a comparative evaluation of gender equity policies for film industries in Canada, Germany, and the UK. Vejune Zemaitye (Tallinn...1895education,media,research,universityfalse17fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/streamers-and-european-film-and-television-large-language-models-in-game-narratives-building-a-decentralised-online-social-network--60110281https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60110281Tue, 21 May 2024 11:00:12 +0000Media Industries PodcastChristopher Meir (Charles III University of Madrid) looks at how streaming platforms are transforming the conditions in which European films are produced and circulated. Tonguc Sezen (University for the Creative Arts) reflects on how large language...1930education,media,research,universityfalse16fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/scope-of-media-economics-research-media-making-as-peace-making-the-role-of-television-production-managers--60110268https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60110268Tue, 21 May 2024 11:00:05 +0000Media Industries PodcastUlrike Rohn (Tallinn University and the ScreenMe podcast) introduces the scope of research in media economics and media management, and her work co-editing The Handbook of Media Economics. Yuval Katz (Loughborough University) draws on research...2024education,media,research,universityfalse15fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/social-media-and-anti-state-publics-in-pakistan-streaming-logics-and-documentary-practice-imagining-television-futures--60110256https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60110256Tue, 21 May 2024 10:59:59 +0000Media Industries PodcastMunira Cheema (King’s College London) provides an overview of her research examining how anti-state and anti-establishment publics in Pakistan express themselves online through Twitter/X and YouTube. Kristian Redhead Ahm (Danish School of Media and...1914education,media,research,universityfalse14fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/production-culture-in-religious-television-formal-informal-labour-organisation-in-cultural-industries-bollywood-film-in-the-middle-east--60110237https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60110237Tue, 21 May 2024 10:59:52 +0000Media Industries PodcastNur Kareelawati Abd Karim (Islamic Science University of Malaysia) discusses some of the challenges and insights arising from her study of the production culture of religious television at the Islam Channel in London. Madison Trusolino (Dalhousie...2134education,media,research,universityfalse13fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/workplace-autonomy-in-video-game-and-podcast-production-good-work-in-film-and-television-connecting-with-young-television-audiences--60097651https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60097651Tue, 21 May 2024 10:59:45 +0000Media Industries PodcastDrawing on research into podcast and video game production in Denmark, Mads Møller T. Anderson (University of Copenhagen) discusses how experiences of workplace autonomy vary according to industry logics, professional roles, and individual needs....2073education,media,research,universityfalse12fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-media-industries-conference-origins-and-purpose--60097636https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60097636Tue, 21 May 2024 10:59:35 +0000Media Industries PodcastAs Director of the Media Industries conference, Paul McDonald (King’s College London) talks with Orcun Can (King’s College London) about the evolution and purpose of the conference.673education,media,research,universityfalse11full