Critical Technology: A Case Study in Academic Podcasting

Abstract

Academic podcasting has been lauded for its possibilities in broadening audiences, centering accessibility, and mobilizing knowledge through publicly oriented scholarship. This report explores these benefits by examining the development and success of the Critical Technology podcast (seasons 1-3), created through the Knowledge Media Design Institute at the University of Toronto. Offering a detailed literature review of academic podcasting, we address the possibilities of this medium as described across scholarship. Further, we provide a detailed account of the development of the Critical Technology podcast across each stage of production: planning, pre-production, recording, editing, designing, scoring, transcribing, and distributing. In sum, this report offers a reflective and thorough discussion on the development of the Critical Technology podcast, to make salient the possibilities of academic podcasting as an invaluable scholarly contribution. Written by Lauren Knight and Sara M. Grimes.