I received an inquiry from a PhD candidate at International University of Catalonia, in Barcelona. The questions focused on the history of podcasting, what’s special about podcasting and what’s next for podcasting. He had 17 questions which I have listed below. I put together this podcast to share my take on the brief history of podcasting and rest of his questions.

If anyone has a different take on this leave us some comments or make your own podcast answering the 17 questions.

 

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1. How did podcasting come about?
2. Why do you think podcasting came to be in such a way and at such a time?
3. What were the pioneers motives behind the birth of podcasting?
4. What vacuum do you think podcasting covers on the web and in “traditional” media?
5. What makes podcasting so unique?
6. What does it contribute to the contemporary media landscape?
7. In comparison to other 2.0 instruments, what are its strong points?
8. Podcasting is radio or video also. Should we talk of vodcast or videopodcast?
9. Why does a podcaster make podcasts?
10. Is the voice itself important?
11. And the form itself, for example sound production?
12. What should a quality podcast be like?
13. Podcasting in other media. In relation to radio, what can it contribute?
14. What do you think about podcasts in the press?
15. Do you think podcasting has fulfilled the expectations it generated?
16. What fields take greater advantage of podcasting?
17. Have other fields been sufficiently explored?

[tags]podcast, podcasting, history of podcasting[/tags]