Acoustic Academic: Sonic Stories from Social Sciences

Acoustic Academic: Sonic Stories from Social Sciences

Maria Murumaa-Mengel

Episodes 10
Avg. Duration 53m
Activity Highly Active
Since Jun 2023
Latest Episode Dec 2025

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Schedule
Semi-Annually
Format
Episodic
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anchor.fm

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About This Podcast

Welcome to Acoustic Academic: Sonic Stories from Social Sciences, the podcast - actually, academic ASMR is more fitting for a genre description - that brings you the soothing sounds of intellectual exploration. Join Maria Murumaa-Mengel (PhD in media and communication), as we delve into social scientific research. After all: empirical studies are systematically presented stories in the end, so let me tell you stories about online shaming, influencers, digital activism, and so much more. Acoustic Academic is here to make academic literature accessible and enjoyable.

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Recent Episodes

Starving the Rage Farmers or Actively Fighting Back: How to Audience on Social Media

Dec 16, 2025 49m

In this episode of academic ASMR you will get an overview of several studies that allow us to take a new recontextualizing look at a common theme, so far unexplored. We propose the development of a…

Kui vägistatud laps otsib veebist tuge ja abi: seksuaalvägivallaga seonduvad stereotüübid

May 09, 2025 1h 1m

"No kuidas sa said üldse lasta tal ennast vägistada? Ta ei olnud ju sinust nii palju suurem ja tugevam, ju sulle endale ikka natuke ka meeldis." Nii vastati ühele lapsele veebifoorumis, kust laps oli…

Fans, Followers and Haters: Love-Hate Relationship with Microcelebrities

Sep 23, 2024 42m

Scholars and the general public have taken notice of the transformations and tensions in fan (and audience) cultures. Inspired by Crystal Abidin’s conceptual framework of internet celebrity, we will…

Fighting Back on Toxic Social Media: Micro-Interventions as a Tool for Activism

Sep 04, 2024 47m

Several studies have shown the effect of information activism and microinterventions, such as I Am Here International, the Elves and #NAFO to combat information disorder and hate online.…

Shaming Men on Instagram - Five Types of Shamings

Jun 20, 2024 1h 7m

The aim of this article is to explore the audience and moderator types on Instagram's misogynist content exposé pages (MCEPs)-where people share and shame screenshots depicting gendered online hate,…

Veebiintervjuud, projektiivtehnikad ja loovuurimismeetodid

Jun 14, 2024 55m

Millised võimalused avanevad uurijale, kui aeg ja ruum on uuringus osalejate jaoks paindlikud tegurid? Kuidas kombineerida online’i ja offline’i, et paremini mõista inimeste igapäevaelu, tajutud…

Illiterate! Uneducated! Snowflake! Estonian Male Journalists’ Experiences with Abusive Online Communication

Aug 02, 2023 57m

Several studies have established that female journalists experience (sexual) harassment and online abuse considerably more than their male colleagues. Understandably, this has resulted in a gap in…

Creative Research Methods: Useful for Studying "Online-Pervs" and Tinder-Experiences (No Overlap Necessary)

Jul 19, 2023 9m

In 2012, I was planning to tackle the subject of arguably the “worst” of the online nightmare audiences for my PhD project, aiming to study young people’s perceptions and experiences with online…

Social media addiction? Nah, probably not.

Jul 10, 2023 28m

While the excessive use of social media is associated with many difficulties in daily life (including mental health problems), the topic can be overemphasised in the media, and there is no reason to…

Shaming for Fun: A Study about Recreational Shaming Groups of Facebook

Jun 09, 2023 1h 9m

As social life and communication move increasingly online, we have experienced the expansion of online shaming – different forms of (semi)public cross-platform condemnation of people and their…

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Acoustic Academic: Sonic Stories from Social Sciences has published 10 episodes since June 2023, covering topics in Science, Social Sciences.

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Acoustic Academic: Sonic Stories from Social Sciences is currently highly active with new episodes semi-annually. Average episode length is 53m.

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