Researching Political Podcasts with Steve Rayson

The Podcast Studies Podcast

Just in the nick of time for the Election, Dario brings a discussion he had earlier in the year with Steve Rayson, MSc graduate from the London School of Economics. His research project was a quantitative and qualitative investigation of Political Podcasts and their potential effect on engagement and understanding of political issues. Steve spoke to a range of political podcasters including David Runciman from Talking Politics and Channel 4's Gary Gibbon.

Steve and Dario cover a range of issues included some of the problems with political journalism in the internet age, objectivity versus subjectivity, the reflexivity and democratising potential of podcasting, podcast listening and social capital, podcasting as a research methodology, media and trust, conversation and the conditionality of meaning, demographics of political media engagement, podcasting’s discoverability problem, and how podcasting has influenced interviews.

You can see Steve's research in more detail on his website: https://www.brightoncafe.com/