Reading 11

Reading 11 is the other reading I am to review and also critique or give response to it. It is also taken from my University CD reader. The following is the reference where you could use to find the full story.

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Benson, K, 2005, 'An MTV host moves to radio, giving voice to audible blogs', New York Times
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1. The Summary
Podcasts are digital audio filers that users upload to the Internet for others to download. It can also be homemade radio shows that are formatted for digital audio players.

Adam Curry, a former MTV host and the brain behind the software that allows people to automatically receive these programs either on Apple iPod or any other players will produce and host a four-hour program every weekday from May 13 on Sirius Satellite Radio. He came out with this idea because podcasts are fully unedited and there is no disc jockey to help putting it up for the others to listen from many who make music.

Podcasts are handy. You can play, pause or rewind them whenever you want. With this, users carry their podcast shows with them and they are able to play them anytime. They no longer need to be tuned to a frequency.


2. The Critique/Response
Podcast is the latest technology created. It can be placed in weblogs or websites. Take for instance, a friend of yours did a radio interview at the local station. You missed the interview. But because she uploaded a podcast file of the interview in her blog, you get to listen to it. Thanks to podcast, newly formed bands who want comments from other people besides their own friends will be able to get honest comments from everyone. It is useful that one can even start a talk show based at his own bedroom!