ILL EFFECTS

著者: Ben Litherland and Richard McCulloch
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  • The good podcast about bad media influences, investigating the bad faith arguments, dodgy data, and moral panics behind claims that the media influence our behaviour and manipulate our minds.
    Copyright 2024 All rights reserved.
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The good podcast about bad media influences, investigating the bad faith arguments, dodgy data, and moral panics behind claims that the media influence our behaviour and manipulate our minds.
Copyright 2024 All rights reserved.
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  • Can the media sway an election?
    2024/07/02
    In this bumper Very Special Episode ahead of this week’s UK General Election, we take it in turns to examine whether “the media” can “sway” election results. First, Ben examines the always-silly and sometimes-sinister British tabloid press and their (in)famous claim that it was “The Sun Wot Won It” for John Major in 1992. Rich then looks at Cambridge Analytica, and the claims that its Facebook quizzes helped make Brexit happen. Politics podcasts deserve better: vote for ILL EFFECTS! WE NEED YOU: Click HERE to complete our listener survey and help shape future episodes! Show Notes: SOURCES AND LINKS: Afriat, H., et al. (2021) “This is capitalism. It is not illegal”: Users’ attitudes toward institutional privacy following the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The Information Society, 37(2). BBC (2018) “Cambridge Analytica: The data firm's global influence,” BBC News, 22nd March. BBC (2020) “Cambridge Analytica 'not involved' in Brexit referendum, says watchdog,” BBC News, 7th October. Berghel, H. (2018) “Malice Domestic: The Cambridge Analytica Dystopia,” Computer, 51(5), May. Bruns, A. (2019) Are Filter Bubbles Real? Polity Press. Cadwalladr, C., and Graham-Harrison, E. (2018) “Revealed: 50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach,” The Guardian, 17th March. Curtice, J. "Was it The Sun wot won it again? The influence of newspapers in the 1997 election campaign." Centre for research into elections and social trends working papers 75 (1999). De Vany, A. (2004) Hollywood Economics: How extreme uncertainty shapes the film industry. Routledge. Druckman, J. N. (2005). Media matter: How newspapers and television news cover campaigns and influence voters. Political communication, 22(4), 463-481. Fuchs, C. (2013) Social Media: A Critical Introduction. Sage. Gunther, A. C., Perloff, R. M., & Tsfati, Y. (2008). Public opinion and the third-person effect. The SAGE handbook of public opinion research, 184-191. Heawood, J. (2018) “Pseudo-public political speech: Democratic implications of the Cambridge Analytica scandal,” Information Polity, 23. Hern, A. (2018) "Cambridge Analytica: how did it turn clicks into votes?” The Guardian, 6th May. Linton, M. (1996). Maybe The Sun won it after all. British Journalism Review, 7(2), 20-26. Parliament.UK (2018) “The issue of data targeting, based around the Facebook, GSR and Cambridge Analytica allegations.” Disinformation and ‘fake news’: Interim Report. 29th July. Price, V., & Feldman, L. (2009). News and politics. The Sage Handbook of Media Processes and Effects. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 113-129. Rathi, R. (2019) “Effect of Cambridge Analytica’s Facebook ads on the 2016 US Presidential Election,” Towards Data Science, 13th January. Reeves, A., McKee, M., & Stuckler, D. (2016). ‘It's The Sun Wot Won It’: Evidence of media influence on political attitudes and voting from a UK quasi-natural experiment. Social science research, 56, 44-57. Risso, L. (2018) ‘Harvesting Your Soul? Cambridge Analytica and Brexit’ in Jansohn, C. (ed.) Brexit Means Brexit? The Selected Proceedings of the Symposium, Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur -- Mainz 6–8 December 2017. Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz. Strömbäck, J. (2011). Mediatization and perceptions of the media's political influence. Journalism studies, 12(4), 423-439. Thomas, J. (2007). Popular newspapers, the Labour Party and British politics. Routledge. Wong, J. C., et al. (2018) “How academic at centre of Facebook scandal tried – and failed – to spin personal data into gold,” The Guardian, 24th April. Note: Journal articles are often behind paywalls. If you don't have institutional access but would like a copy of these papers please email Illeffectspod@gmail.com and we will happily send you a copy  Episode artwork photo by Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street. Used under Creative Commons license (ATTRIBUTION-NONCOMMERCIAL-NODERIVS 2.0 GENERIC). Credits:  Hosts – Rich McCulloch and Ben Litherland   Music by -  Brutalust (Colin Frank and Maria Sappho), recorded and mixed by Joe Christman  Creative producer – Rachel Wood  Technical producer – Caroline Pringle  Technical production – Colin Frank 
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  • Did The Beatles make fans hysterical?
    2024/06/20

    In the 1960s, parents, the press, psychologists, and many others were confronted with a large, terrifying, global problem: Beatlemania. In this episode, Ben talks Rich through how the world tried to make sense of the screaming, potentially hysterical, pop fan. We encounter theories of red goddesses (what were shrinks taking in the 60s?), anti-communist creeds, and Adrienne from Brooklyn that really, really loves Paul.

    Show Notes Sources and Links

    [Video] A taste of Beatlemania in the 1960s

    [Video] CBS News reports on the Beatles in 1964

    “What the Beatles Prove About Teen-agers” (1962) U.S. News & World. 24 February.

    Berman, G. (2007). "We're Going to See the Beatles!": An Oral History of Beatlemania as Told by the Fans who Were There. Santa Monica Press.

    Davies, E. (1969). Psychological characteristics of Beatle mania. Journal of the History of Ideas, 30(2), 273-280.

    Dempsey, D. (1964). Why the Girls Scream, Weep, Flip. The path to understanding is psychological, anthropological and a whole lot besides. New York Times Magazine, 23.

    Ehrenreich, B., Hess, E., & Jacobs, G. (1992). “Beatlemania: Girls just want to have fun” In Lisa A. Lewis (ed) The Adoring Audience Routledge.

    Leonard, C. (2016). Beatleness: How the Beatles and their fans remade the world. Skyhorse.

    Millard, A. (2012). Beatlemania: Technology, Business, and Teen Culture in Cold War America. JHU Press.

    Mills, R. (2019). The Beatles and Fandom: Sex, Death and Progressive Nostalgia. Bloomsbury Publishing USA.

    Taylor, A. J. W. (1966). “Beatlemania—A study in adolescent enthusiasm”. British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 5(2), 81-88.

    Taylor, A. J. W. (2014). “The 1964 Wellington Study of Beatlemania Revisited”, Psychology, 5(15), 1844.

    Van Luling, T. (2017) “11 Things You Probably Didn't Know About The Beatles, Even If You're A Superfan”, Huffington Post. 7 December.

    Womack, K., & O'Toole, K. (Eds.). (2021). Fandom and the Beatles: The Act You've Known for All These Years. Oxford University Press, USA.

    Note: Journal articles are often behind paywalls. If you don't have institutional access but would like a copy of these papers please email Illeffectspod@gmail.com and we will happily send you a copy

    Credits:

    Hosts – Rich McCulloch and Ben Litherland

    Music by - Brutalust (Colin Frank and Maria Sappho), recorded and mixed by Joe Christman

    Creative producer – Rachel Wood

    Technical producer – Caroline Pringle

    Technical production – Colin Frank

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  • Did 13 Reasons Why increase teen suicides?
    2024/06/06

    Can media representations of suicide really be “contagious”, driving vulnerable audiences to end their own lives? Rich introduces Ben to a frustratingly large field of psychologists, counsellors and youth charities who made this argument about the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why. We dive head-first into both the controversy and the research behind it, to figure out why so many smart, well-intentioned people keep getting this issue so wrong.

    CONTENT WARNING: this episode includes discussion of suicide and its causes, clips where people discuss their suicidal feelings. It also contains passing references to sexual assault.

    If you or someone you know is having suicidal feelings, please seek help immediately. If you are in the UK, the following hotlines all provide support free of charge:

    • Samaritans: 116 123 (24 hours)
    • NHS: 111 (24 hours)
    • SANEline: 0300 304 7000 (4.30pm-10pm)
    • National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK: 0800 689 5652 (6pm-midnight)
    • Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM): 0800 58 58 58 (5pm-midnight)
    • Papyrus (for those under 35 and struggling with suicidal feelings, or concerned about a young person who is struggling): 0800 068 4141 (24 hours)
    • Switchboard (support line for any matters relating to LGBTQIA+ identity): 0800 119 100 (10am-10pm)

    If you would prefer not to talk over the phone, the following services are available:

    • Samaritans: email jo@samaritans.org
    • Shout (mental health support): Text SHOUT to 85258
    • Papyrus (for those under 35 and struggling with suicidal feelings, or concerned about a young person who is struggling): email pat@papyrus-uk.org or text 07786 209 697
    • Switchboard (LGBTQIA+ support service): Chat service via their website at switchboard.lgbt (after 5pm), or email chris@switchboard.lgbt

    For listeners in countries outside of the UK, a useful list of hotlines and other support resources can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines#Crisis_lines_by_country

    Credits:

    Hosts – Rich McCulloch and Ben Litherland

    Music by - Brutalust (Colin Frank and Maria Sappho), recorded and mixed by Joe Christman

    Creative producer – Rachel Wood

    Technical producer – Caroline Pringle

    Technical production – Colin Frank

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