Mike Saker's guest appearances

Mike Saker

Digital Sociology Podcast

Will Davies

Ben Jacobsen

Ed Balls

Nick Couldry

Lynne Pettinger

Frank Pasquale

Liz McFall

Karen Gregory

Deborah Lupton

Mark Carrigan

Penny Andrews

Tom Brock

Huw Davies

Kylie Jarrett

Nick Fox

OwlTail

This is the first episode in my new Digital Sociology Podcast. In this series I will be talking to researchers doing work looking at the impact of digital technologies on society and culture. For this episode I spoke to Mike Saker from Southampton Solent University about his work on "locative media" such as Pokémon Go and Foursquare. We discussed the application of the notion of the flâneur to the digital realm. We questioned whether locative media enable a new commercialisation of space and commodification of play?Mike questioned whether locative media create a performance of authenticity? We also discussed Mike’s tendency to study things just as they die!

This is the first episode in my new Digital Sociology Podcast. In this series I will be talking to researchers doing work looking at the impact of digital technologies on society and culture. For this episode I spoke to Mike Saker from Southampton Solent University about his work on "locative media" such as Pokémon Go and Foursquare. We discussed the application of the notion of the flâneur to the digital realm. We questioned whether locative media enable a new commercialisation of space and commodification of play?<br>Mike questioned whether locative media create a performance of authenticity? We also discussed Mike’s tendency to study things just as they die!

Digital Sociology Podcast Episode 1 - Mike Saker, locative media and Pokémon Go