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New Books in Communications

Interviews with Scholars of Media and Communications about their New Books

Marshall Poe · New Books Network

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Show overview

New Books in Communications has been publishing since 2008, and across the 18 years since has built a catalogue of 1,940 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to over 1700 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence, with the show now in its 2nd season.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 42 min and 1h 3m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-language Science show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed earlier today, with 116 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2023, with 362 episodes published. Published by New Books Network.

Episodes
1,940
Running
2008–2026 · 18y
Median length
53 min
Cadence
Several per week

From the publisher

This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: ⁠https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/⁠ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/communications

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Ryan Engley, "Seriality: Media and the Psychic Form of Everyday Life" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

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Seth C. Lewis, Rodrigo Zamith, and Tomás Dodds, "Journalism in the Age of AI: From Acceleration to Reimagination" (Polity, 2027)

Aug 23, 20261h 10m

Jeff Jarvis, "Hot Type: The Magnificent Machine that Gave Birth to Mass Media and Drove Mark Twain Mad" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

Aug 20, 202653 min

Vincent Haddad, "Next Time on Dragon Ball: Playing with a Manga and Anime Franchise" (U Minnesota Press, 2026)

Aug 18, 202652 min

Karen M'Closkey and Keith VanDerSys eds., "Media Matters in Landscape Architecture" (Applied Research & Design, 2025)

Aug 16, 202653 min

Linda Williams and eds. Christine Gledhill et al., "Melodrama As Provocateur" (Duke UP, 2026)

Aug 14, 20261h 10m

Caryl Flinn and Dana B. Polan, "The Patty Duke Show and the American Sixties: Hot Dogs and Crêpes Suzette" (Oxford UP, 2026)

Aug 9, 202655 min

In The Scholar’s Workshop: Hidden Histories of Collaboration and Authorship

Aug 6, 202659 min

Katharina Stevens, "The Ethics of Argumentation" (Routledge, 2025)

Aug 5, 20261h 1m

James W. Cortada, "Beyond the Facts: Tacit Knowledge and the Hidden Infrastructure of Our Informed Times" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

Aug 3, 202649 min

Emily Sneff, "When the Declaration of Independence Was News" (Oxford UP, 2026)

Aug 3, 202643 min

Elizabeth Darling, "Palace of the Ether: Broadcasting House and the Architecture of the BBC, 1922–32" (Lund Humphries, 2026)

Aug 3, 202657 min

Eric O Silva, "Contested Realities and Identity Destigmatization: Identity Construction in the Culture Wars" (De Gruyter, 2026)

Aug 2, 202641 min

Paulina Banas, "Visualizing Egypt: European Travel, Book Publishing, and the Commercialization of the Middle East in the Nineteenth Century" (American University in Cairo Press, 2025)

Aug 2, 202651 min

Siri Carpenter on Why She Self-Published First — and How It Led to a Traditional Book Deal

Jul 30, 202625 min

Lana Swartz on Digital Money and Digital Cultures of Money

Jul 27, 20261h 24m

Daniel L. Gardner, "Thresholds of Digital Gameplay" (MIT Press, 2025)

Jul 21, 20261h 2m

Stefan Höltgen et al., "Commodore 64: Past, Present, and Future of a Home Computer" (Projekt Verlag, 2026)

Jul 20, 202627 min

Laura B. McGrath, "Middlemen: Literary Agents and the Making of American Fiction" (Princeton UP, 2026)

Jul 18, 20261h 3m

Hector Amaya, "The Economy of Anonymity: Power in the Age of Identification" (Stanford UP 2026)

Jul 18, 202656 min
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