Reading Response 2

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Write a minimum 250 word response on one of the options provided below. Please note that you’re not going to be judged on your writing, this is not a writing class. Instead, I’m looking for you to share original ideas about what you’re reading. These reading responses are meant to demonstrate that you are engaging with the general scope of the material we’re covering in class as a critical media maker.

• This zine by Jenna Freedman, and one of the essays it mentions, The Neoliberal Arts OR

• Write your reading response on any one of the following articles. It’s less important whether you agree or disagree, but that you make original connections and arguments. For eg. if a piece argues that corporate funding comes at the cost of creative freedom, can you give us other ways to think about that idea? Do your research, read around the topic, and look for unlikely examples to prove your point. Maybe something similar happened in the sports industry? Maybe there are academic studies that have investigated the connection between funding and autonomy, etc. Or in the case of the second article, it is a huge collection of links all proclaiming the dawn of the podcast age. Instead of summarizing the articles themselves, you could attempt a meta-analysis of what to make of such speculative writing. Should we be skeptical of the tone of self-styled podcast evangelists? Do the media outlets making such claims have a vested interest? Can podcast creators use the hype to their advantage?

• Why Podcasts Are Becoming Netflix

• Podcasts Are Always the Next Big Thing

• Hey journalists, be human

• From Upspeak To Vocal Fry: Are We 'Policing' Young Women's Voices?

• How Podcasts Became a Seductive—and Sometimes Slippery—Mode of Storytelling