
Episode #126
#126: Rose Horowitch - The Age of Reading is Over
In the second part of their discussion Barry and Mike talk about Rose Horowitch’s ideas about reading and what it means to be post-literate in the digital world.

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Hosted by Unknown Host · Education · EN · 125 episodes
The Critical Media Studies podcast discusses the interplay of technology and culture from an academic perspective. In each episode we consider the work of a prominent thinker in the field of critical media studies and discuss the implications of their work in relation to other thinkers and in light of current social contexts.
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Episode #126
In the second part of their discussion Barry and Mike talk about Rose Horowitch’s ideas about reading and what it means to be post-literate in the digital world.

Episode #125
Barry and Mike begin a two-part discussion of Rose Horwitch’s investigation into post-literacy.In this episode we discuss her November 2024 article in The Atlantic Monthly, “ The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books. ” Our next episode will discuss her more recent article from the July 2026 issue of The Atlantic, “The Age of Reading is Over.”

Episode #123
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Daniel Roher’s 2026 documentary, The AI Doc: Or, How I Became An Apocaloptimist. They apply Bernard Stiegler’s concept of the pharmakon to understand the various positions on the development of artificial intelligence presented in the film. Link to Lawrence Lessig’s 3/29/26 Substack review

Episode #122
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Louis Theroux’s “Inside the Manosphere” (March, 2026) and address the question: What does the Manosphere tell us about our current media environment?

Episode #121
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss the idea of “frictionless” relationships in the age of artificial intimacy. ErikaHayasaki – “What Would a Real Friendship With A.I. Look Like? Maybe Like Hers? The New York Times Magazine 7/20/2025 TED Radio Hour -- How our relationships are changing in the age of “artificial intimacy" Friday, August 2, 2024
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