ABSTRACT Podcasts often take the form of traditional public affairs and public service media in a hyper-competitive, neoliberalized space that prizes above all the attention given by individualized listeners to specific creators willing to put some version of their intimate selves on display. This dynamic is present in all forms of commercial media, but it is put in particularly sharp relief in the world of contemporary podcasting. This introductory essay considers this tension and, in doing so, frames the articles that appear throughout the special issue.

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播客、亲密的自我和公共领域

摘要 播客通常采用传统公共事务和公共服务媒体的形式，在竞争激烈的新自由主义空间中，最重要的是个性化听众对愿意展示其私密自我的某些版本的特定创作者给予的关注。这种动态存在于所有形式的商业媒体中，但在当代播客世界中尤为突出。这篇介绍性文章考虑了这种张力，并在此过程中对整个特刊中出现的文章进行了框架化。