My Podcast Assignment: Podcasts/Web 2.0

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Hello!

This is Jessica Lerfold and in this recording, I will be briefly talking a bit about what exactly podcasts are and how they fit into Web 2.0. This casting is being recorded for American Military University’s course Web 2.0 Fundamentals – all music is royalty free from Kevin MacLeod, which can be located at Incompetech.

So, what is a podcast you ask? These are audio, or sometimes video recordings of content. There are one or more hosts to the show and more often than not there is collaboration involved in the form of sharing information, interviews, or additional added content within the cast. These recordings are meant to be available for playback on a variety of media – think gaming consoles, personal computers and mobile devices. Here’s a fun fact for you: Did you know where the word podcast comes from? It is the result of a combination of iPod and broadcasting.

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Ok, so now that we know the basics of a podcast, let’s talk a bit about how it relates to the term Web 2.0. If you’re unsure about what that is, don’t worry – it’s something you probably are involved in on a daily basis without even realizing. To keep it simple, Web 2.0 is a term used to encompass a variety of the tools and services we use on the web to make content. Have you ever used a social media site, wiki or open source software? Those are examples of what is included in the broad spectrum of components making up this term. If you can contribute or collaborate – it relates to Web 2.0.

If you think about it, podcasts will often have their own website. Users can submit ideas, questions and comments to the host, which they may or may not address during their casts. Mash ups of music, commercials, skits, and various other things are often created and included during an episode; many of these mash ups are a collaboration between the shows host, viewers, and other outside sources.

Sometimes they may record live through a streaming service with video or no video – but they have a chat room to interact with viewers while the show is being recorded. There may be some podcasts that don’t use social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter to promote and interact with the public, but I have yet to listen to one that hasn’t personally.

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I’d like to thank everyone for listening today. You can find the written transcript for this cast, as well as credits on my blog: my20path.blogspot.ca. You can also find RSS feeds and reviews for a few other podcasts. The blog contains more Web 2.0 content and discussion, so if that interests you, please make sure to check it out! Have a good one!

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Starak, Y. (2014). What is a Podcast? Retrieved from https://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/230/what-is-a-podcast/