Assemblages with Naomi Sayers

Season: 1 Episode: 2 [download this episode (MP3, 15.6MB)]

Elizabeth chats with lawyer Naomi Sayers about Assemblages. From @IndigiBot to bad date reporting to corporate complaint hierarchies, they've got lots of examples of Assemblages. They show how thinking about the system of people, organizations, tools, technology, and the relationships between each can be pretty useful.

Additional resources:

• This academic article by Chadwick: The political information cycle in a hybrid news system: The British prime minister and the “Bullygate” affair

• The Hybrid Media System: Politics and Power, tumblr site

• The Wikipedia article on Assemblages Theory is a start. Follow the references.