Podcast

(Edited by Jack Phelus)
== Abstract ==
Podcasts can be used to transmit a variety of information to many different audiences. Writing Across Media discusses the ways in which information is spread and communicated to groups of people around the world. In relation, a podcast has proven to be a major technology-based form of communication.
== Introduction ==
A podcast is a digital media form that is usually an audio or visual recording made available to an audience on the Internet. Podcasts can be listened to through websites specific to the podcast, through media websites, or through downloaded files. Podcasts can be free content available to anyone, or paid content available to subscribers.
There are four different types of podcasts. The most widely used type is the audio podcast which consists only of audio. A video podcast is a video that is specifically made and distributed through the Internet. Another one is an enhanced podcast which combines audio podcasts with images in a slideshow format. The last type of podcast is the screencast which is a screenshot of a persons computer overtime usually combined with audio.The Instructional Innovations Blog,. 'The 4 Types Of Podcasts'. N. p., 2009. Web.
== Origin ==
The first time the word "podcast" was used in any form was in a Guardian article by Ben Hammersley in February, 2004. This article brought up the growing industry of online radio that we now know today as Podcasts. The word was created through combining the words "iPod" and "broadcast" into one.Hammersley, Ben. 'Why Online Radio Is Booming'. the Guardian. N. p., 2004. Web. 
Although that was the first time the word was used, the first time there was a radio broadcast specifically designed to come from the Internet was in 1993 when Carl Malamud had the idea of making a radio station on the Internet that allowed for the operation to be controlled by the listener. He called this Internet Talk Radio.Markoff, John. 'Turning The Desktop PC Into A Talk Radio Medium'.Nytimes.com. N. p., 1993. Web.
In late 2004, Liberated Syndication, or Libsyn, created the first podcast service provider that allowed people to host and publish their own podcasts on the Internet.Libsyn.com,. 'Libsyn - Podcast Hosting Services'. N. p., 2015. Web.
On June 28, 2005, Apple added the podcasting ability to iTunes 4.9. This allowed users to subscribe to over 3000 free podcasts. The podcasts were able to be downloaded to their Mac, PC, or iPod instantaneously. This signified the first time podcasts were truly brought into the mainstream.Apple.com,. 'Apple - Press Info - Apple Takes Podcasting Mainstream'. N. p., 2005. Web.
== Examples ==
NPR - Hidden Brain - Hidden Brain by the National Public Radio is a series is a social science based podcast conducted by NPR's science correspondent Shankar Vedantam. This podcast online uses the affordances of sound by combing storytelling and science to provides its listeners with an entertaining, yet insightful, understanding of the world around them and human behavior. These Podcast's link science and stories which help its listeners who are interested in social science understand the science of human behavior, variables that effect human relationships, and partiality that drive the choices humans make.  
WBEZ - This American Life - This American Life hosted by Ira Glass is popular a weekly podcast that is done in Collaboration with Chicago Public Media and WBEZ. The listeners of this podcast can listen to the podcast weekly for free by downloading the content and even by subscribing to the podcast. This American Life focuses on different themes every week and complies different stories, that are similar to movies for the radio, that revolve around that singular theme. Instead of using written word This American Life utilizes spoken word, sound effects, and background music to heighten the dramatic, serious, or entertain tone of the storytelling experience, which cannot be done in a written story.
Podcastone - Heather Dubrow's World: Heather Dubrow is an actress, television personality, mother and wife. You can listen to her hourlong podcast to every week online. This is an lifestyle and entertainment podcast is hosted by her where provides listeners with her insight on the top trends in health, wellness, beauty, fashion and parenting. This entertainment based podcast provides is listeners with a constant updates on the ever-changing trends in society through the use of interiews and celebrity guests. 
NPR - TED Radio Hour - This podcast is a collaboration between Nation Public Radio and TED. This podcast is intended for an audience that is interesting in hearing talks by a variety of speakers. These talks are not narrative/storytelling based podcast's such as This American Life, rather this podcast are similar to lecture talks where the guest speaker are given a platform to spread their innovative ideas, and inspirational ways to think, create, and problem solve everyday life.
Gimlet - Surprisingly Awesome: This online podcast reveals fascinating information to its listeners on subjects that are considered mundane and boring. The post utilizes two exhilarating hosts, Adam Davidson and Adam McKay, in combination with high energy music and sound effects to truly make "boring" subjects awesome and entertain.
== Resources and Further Reading ==
- earbud.fm
This website, created by NPR, gives Internet users a way to sift through hundreds of different podcasts to find the ones that they would want to listen to. The podcasts come recommended from many different sources and are some of the most well produced available to listeners.
- Williams, Bard. Educator's Podcast Guide.
This guide, written by Bard Williams, teaches teachers how to create a podcast that can be successfully used in the classroom. It introduces the reader to podcasting in full and gives tons of information on podcasts in general as well as how to implement them in the classroom for educational purposes.
- Geoghegan, Michael W. & Klass, Dan. Podcast solutions: the complete guide to podcasting.
Written by two veteran podcasters, this book is a complete guide on how to create audio and video podcasts. The book describes how to make a podcast from start to finish, from choosing which equipment to use to finding and growing an audience. This book takes care of all the general aspects of podcasting.
-Geoghegan, Michael W., et al. Podcast academy: the business podcasting book: launching, marketing, and measuring your podcast.
This book, brought to you by a number of industry experts including, Geoghegan, Greg Cangialosi, Ryan Irelan, Tim Bourquin, and Colette Vogele, gives readers information on how to distribute their podcasts to the masses. It deals with everything from the original launch of your podcast, to advertising the podcast, to finding ways to monetize it.
-Affleck, Andy. Take control of podcasting on the MAC.
A step-by-step guide to creating a podcast specifically on Apple's MAC computer. In the fact that it is tailored to MAC users it gives people with those products a more functional way to create podcasts. This guide takes into account everything from picking the equipment to use to publishing the finished product on iTunes.
== Keywords ==
Internet
Media
Multimodality
Sound Engineering
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