Empathy Machines: This American Life, Podcasting, and the Public Radio Structure of Feeling

Author:   Professor Jason Loviglio (University of Maryland, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:  

9798765111727


Pages:   352
Publication Date:   19 February 2026
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained


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Empathy Machines: This American Life, Podcasting, and the Public Radio Structure of Feeling


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Author:   Professor Jason Loviglio (University of Maryland, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN:  

9798765111727


Pages:   352
Publication Date:   19 February 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained

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In the first book-length analysis of This American Life, Loviglio explores how this innovative and influential public radio program has carved out a space of affect and empathy in an increasingly fractured, individualistic world. * John L. Sullivan, Professor of Media and Communication, Muhlenberg College, USA *


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Jason Loviglio is Professor of Media and Communication Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), USA. He is the founding chair of the Media and Communication Studies Department at UMBC, and he is the co-editor of The Routledge Companion of Radio and Podcast Studies (2022) and Radio Journal: Studies in Broadcast and Audio Media (2017–present).

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