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Critical Media Studies

Critical Media Studies

Written by: Michael Repici
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 The Critical Media Studies podcast discusses the interplay of technology and culture from an academic perspective. In each episode we consider the work of a prominent thinker in the field of critical media studies and discuss the implications of their work in relation to other thinkers and in light of current social contexts.Copyright 2026 Michael Repici Philosophy Social Sciences
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  • #113: Merenda - Reading Arendt to Rethink Truth, Science, and Politics in the Era of Fake News

    #113: Merenda - Reading Arendt to Rethink Truth, Science, and Politics in the Era of Fake News
    Feb 20 2026

    In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Federica Merenda’s essay, “Reading Arendt to Rethink Truth, Science, and Politics in the Era of Fake News”. They discuss Arendt’s distinction between factual truths and rational truths and how they reveal of the interplay of truth and politics.

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    58 mins
  • #112: Kracauer - Photography

    #112: Kracauer - Photography
    Feb 6 2026

    In this episode Barry and Mike discuss the uncanny ways that Sigfreid Kracauer’s 1927 essay, Photography, anticipates the modern media landscape.

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    1 hr
  • #111: Siegfried Kracauer - Cult of Distraction: On Berlin's Picture Palaces

    #111: Siegfried Kracauer - Cult of Distraction: On Berlin's Picture Palaces
    Jan 23 2026

    Barry and Mike discuss Siegfried Kracauer's 1926 essay "Cult of Distraction: On Berlin's Picture Palaces." Written nearly 100 years ago, the essay is strangely relevant to our current political landscape. We pay special attention to Kracauer's unique notion of distraction, which contra Stiegler, Kracauer views as a stimulus to thought.
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    47 mins
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