Podcasting: Considering the evolution of the medium and its association with the word ‘radio’

Berry, Richard

doi:10.1386/rjao.14.1.7_1

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“…However, what creates 'podcastness' (Berry, 2016, p. 11) is not merely the distribution qualities outlined above, but also a set of production and consumption practices (Berry, 2016). Podcasting enables consumers to have the power over how and when to consume content.…”

Section: Podcasting's Affordancesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This makes podcasting more often listened to via the intimacy of headphones, and from beginning to end rather via tuning-in and out of radio airwaves. As Berry (2016) has argued, it is therefore more commonly an active listener that comes to podcasting with the explicit intent of listening to a program from beginning to end, rather than a listener of convenience who might use radio as background noise or a time filler. These features are of particular benefit when podcasts are applied to education, particularly at a time when distance and online learning are becoming increasingly popular and students are requesting 'on-demand' learning experiences that can take place anytime, anywhere.…”

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Educational podcasts: A genre analysis

Drew

2017

E-Learning and Digital Media

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Academic attention to educational podcasts has grown significantly in recent years. However, to date, the concept of genres in podcasting is yet to gain scholarly attention. By examining genres emergent from a corpus of educational podcasts available online, this paper introduces the value of genre analysis to educational podcast research. It proposes three genres, named ‘The Quick Burst’, ‘The Narrative’ and ‘The Chat Show’. The three genres show both the versatility of podcasting for education and how genre analysis could introduce new ideas to the educational podcasting literature, including ideas about supporting deep learning in e-learning environments.

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Section: Podcasting's Affordancesmentioning

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Section: Podcasting's Affordancesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Educational podcasts: A genre analysis

Drew

2017

E-Learning and Digital Media

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“…The continuity of content allows the listener to multitask (Morris & Patterson, 2015): with earphones the listener could be walking, in the car they are driving, at home they could be cooking or cleaning. The near-pervasiveness is most felt when listening to podcasts alone and in personal spaces-a private and intimate experience (Berry, 2016). Listening while shifting environments shows the complexities and modernity of podcast technology.…”

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“…Podcasts, on the other hand, are non-linear. Listeners create their own schedule and decide how long to listen for (with the option to tune in episodically or binge the show) (Berry, 2016). They can also control audio playback.…”

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“…They can also control audio playback. Unlike radio, podcast listening is intended to start at the beginning of the episode, with the option of "time-shifting" (Berry, 2006;Berry, 2016), meaning playing, pausing, and scrubbing through content. With updated listening applications, Morris and Patterson (2015) suggest time-shifting has evolved into "sonic interactivity."…”

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Parasocial Relationships with Podcast Hosts

Nadora¹

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This study is a deductive thematic analysis of podcast hosts' attributes that explores how parasocial relationships (PSR) might be cultivated with listeners. I analyze five episodes of one podcast, Stuff You Should Know and use its transcriptions to code for themes of identification, conversation practices, and authenticity to suggest ways PSR is developed by the podcast's hosts.Results found host behaviors suggest how listeners may react to them. The combination of the effect of social deixis while describing personal characteristics suggest listeners may feel physically and emotionally closer to the hosts. Listeners may also see them as more trustworthy because the hosts care for listeners' wellbeing. Lastly, when hosts respond to the parasocial conversation, listeners may feel their effort to the PSR is reciprocated. In all, this study suggests that podcast hosts' behaviors contribute to listeners' PSR.There are now ways to personalize our viewing and listening experiences to cater to our interests. Because of this, relationships with media figures may become stronger than ever. If this is the case, we must continue to research the links between media, media technology, and media consumers, in order to adapt to this new media landscape. Podcasts are especially applicable to these circumstances.

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Podcasting

Brown

2020

The International Encyclopedia of Gender, Media, and Communication

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Less than two decades old, podcasting is a relatively new audio broadcasting technology associated both with the disruption and renewal of older forms of media and technology. This entry introduces the term podcast , its origin, and its multiple meanings before tracing its stages of technological development. Cultural meanings associated with podcasting are discussed, including the tension between liberating and conservative discourses, the form's relationship to radio and other legacy media, and ideals of intimacy, personalization, seriality, and disruption. Next, the entry explores podcasting's potential for activism and organizing, increasing marginalized representation, centering feminine vocal qualities, questioning masculine definitions of authority, advancing feminist storytelling techniques, building communities, and archiving marginalized histories before closing with a warning about the possibility of the institutionalization and professionalization of podcasting disrupting such potential.

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Podcasting: Considering the evolution of the medium and its association with the word ‘radio’

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Cited by 114 publications

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Educational podcasts: A genre analysis

Educational podcasts: A genre analysis

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