Deep Listening
Podcast Audiences and Affective Resonance in Urban Ghana
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7145950 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fauziyatu Moro (0009-0008-1982-3468, University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author), Reginold A Royston (0000-0003-1047-5256, University of Wisconsin–Madison) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 798-819 |
| Publication date | 2025-11-12 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-0206 • E-ISSN: 1555-2462 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/asr.2025.10113 |
| OpenAlex | W4416126296 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 35 |
Podcasting, with its focus on voices, remains a compelling topic for African studies research, which has historically put orality at the center of the field. Recognizing sparse audience inclusion in existing research on African podcasting, the authors conducted focus groups with listeners in urban Ghana to document consumption practices and attitudes toward this form of new orality. Using the concept “deep listening” drawn from participant comments, the researchers theorize that listeners and producers experience a form of sound-mediated, affective resonance from podcasts that utilize audience collaboration and local sonic aesthetics, linking the affordances of openness and freedom to the medium
Human Rights and African Airwaves
After Access
Affective Publics
Aural Parasocial Relations
Etic and emic data production methods in the study of journalistic work practices
Changing paradigms in audience studies
Media Audiences as Interpretive Communities
Podcasting, the intimate self, and the public sphere
Podcasts and new orality in the African mediascape
Critical technocultural discourse analysis
Eliciting Sound Memories
Podcasting the Past
Hardware and data in the platform era
Preliminary notes on audiences in Africa
Citizen Journalists as Interpretive Discourse Communities
Public pedagogy, autotheory, and Egyptian female podcasters
Crafting cultural resonance
Oral literature in Africa
Analysing podcast intimacy
The Focussed Interview and Focus Groups
Youth leadership for development
Introducing 'resonance
Deep Listening
Planning and Recruiting the Sample for Focus Groups and In-Depth Interviews
Focusing on Sex
A Theory of Resonance
Rethinking publics in Africa in a digital age
Radio in Africa
Voicing Afro-Modernity
Performing the News
Sound Studies from Africa
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |