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Podcast: Rendering Unconscious Podcast: Psychoanalysis & Culture
Episode: RU23: RENDERING DR JACOB JOHANSSEN UNCONSCIOUS: Digital Media, Technology, Psychoanalysis, Society
Description: Jacob Johanssen's research is influenced by media and communication studies, psychoanalysis, psychosocial studies and critical theory. His work revolves mainly around two themes: exploring Freudian psychoanalysis as a theory and method for digital media research with a particular focus on conceptualisations of affect, as well as using psychoanalysis to think critically about contemporary digital culture more broadly. He is Course Leader for the MA Data, Culture and Society, a new interdisciplinary course on datafication and big data, which launches in 2019. Dr. Johanssen's research interests include audience research, social media, digital labour, psychoanalysis and the media, affect theory, psychosocial studies, critical t...