Podcasting

Interviewer: Ricky Keeler for 550 AM Radio Professor Noitall from Devry University Podcasting R: And welcome back to Rickinator in the morning. For this segment, we have Professor Noitall from Devry University to discuss podcasting and its limitations. If you have a question about podcasting, or you want to talk about your own podcasts, please call in to this number: (1-800-345-5550). Welcome to our show, Professor. How are you doing today? M: (Tells the truth on how he feels). R: So, I bet our listeners are wondering what exactly is podcasting? M: Well, Rickinator, Podcasting is a new media form that allows anyone to say anything to everyone-that will listen. Basically it is a series of audio files that one can subscribe to via RSS feed and syndicated download. The creator or podcaster which can be anyone puts it on the internet and then it gets sent to the subscriber. Podcasting is a new media form that allows anyone to say anything to everyone-that will listen. Basically it is a series of audio files that one can subscribe to via RSS feed and syndicated download. The creator or podcaster which can be anyone puts it on the internet and then it gets sent to the subscriber. Why do they call it Podcasting? It really is a portmanteau-blending of two or more words. The term derives from to broadcast. POD refers to a Personal on Demand Broadcasting. But only because people often download it to their MP3 players often generalized as apple I-POD we get the term Podcasting. P-o-d is a p-u-n. A bad one at that. No it’s actually pretty clever if you ask me. Let’s ask some other people. (Introduce Mike) Mike speaks about what he podcast. Get’s a bit racist M: So you can see people are fanatics you know. They will podcast news entertainment personal beliefs and discussions that are in their and their subscriber have interest in. How can one deliver their podcast to the masses? A podcaster puts their podcast on a client service such as Apple I-Tunes, Microsoft Zune and others. R: So, one of the most debatable topics with podcasting today is should there be a limit to freedom of speech. What is your take on this issue?? M: Freedom of speech should be able to go anywhere. As long as a person isn’t instructing people to blow up somewhere or giving out personal information I think it is fine. R: Well, then how can we prevent people from talking about these things in the near future? M: A client service like I-Tunes should have the right to censor or not allow someone to say something. Just like on a site like You-Tube. R: In your opinion, how important is it for the speaker to be widely known and to present themselves with factual evidence? M: There are always two sides to a story. In any source of media, you have to decipher what is the truth, what is exaggerating, and what is totally fictional. Part of podcasting is the ability for ANYBODY to voice their opinion, not just … host on a television show or a regular speaker on the radio. The speaker does not have to be widely known, that being said… a podcaster may get very popular and famous based on their podcast. I think we should treat this as we treat YouTube.

R: Can you elaborate a little more on this issue for our listeners?? M: Podcasting allows ANYBODY to say ANYTHING to the world. YouTube, on the other hand, allows anyone to produce their own videos and send them to the world. Of course, with YouTube, there are restrictions of what can be put on and to some extent, which should be the same with podcasting. The radio is more lenient than television and podcasting should be more lenient than a site like YouTube. R: Personally, I would have to agree with you professor, if we do change these podcasts and put forms of censorship into them in the future, Podcasting may become just another media type just like television and the radio where what is said and seen is censored. R: Well, going back to our previous issue, how important do you think it is for the listener to be able to identify a speaker on a podcast? M: Being able to identify the speaker I think is very important. Each Pod cast should be accompanied with a website that allows this. By the way, visit “www.drnoitall.com” for online discussion. R: Why are you trying to advertise on my podcast? M: Because I can R: What gives you the right to advertise on MY SHOW? M: This show would be nothing without me. R: Like the professor said before, go on his website [|www.drnoitall.com.]. I have checked out his website and it is an awesome site, so check it out. Once again, if you have any questions, please call this number (1-800-345-5550)Coming up next, we’ll have our Ipod expert on the show, Dr. Itunes, but for now, please listen to our word from our sponsors. Ethics Being able to identify the speaker I think is very important. Pod cast should be accompanied with a website that allows this. For example and the end of a stream a podcaster might want to say visit “www.mypodcast.com” for more info.