The Podcast Incentive

  I have encountered the first speed bump in my mobile pursuit. My intention was to craft an app to my website first. However, once I began it, I soon realized that to construct it properly, I would have to have all my supplementary elements formed. So I have set that portion of the project aside and commenced my idea for a podcast.

                In today’s advancements of social media communication, pod-casting is being employed in both educational and entertainment means.  Studies show that pod-casting is an operative and viable learning tool. A mind tends to have more clarity and a sequentially deeper comprehension of the subject matter when experienced through audio. The influence of pod-casting encourages the listener to think creatively. Accordingly, the increased focus allows the listener to retain more of the information. 

                Though pod-casting doesn't have a tremendous annual growth of users when compared to other forms of multimedia communications, it still retains substantial numbers. As reported by The State of the Media, “one-third of all Americans (34%), or 89 million people” state they listen to streaming of AM/FM stations or Internet-only services each month. This is a significant number of listeners to entice to my website through podcasting.

       From my smartphone I was able to record a sound wave. Then applying my Magisto editing app, I was able to clean the vocals and add background music. I then uploaded upload it to my Sound Cloud account. Now within my Sound Cloud stream tracks, I will be able to eventually link the tracks to the mobile website app. My viewers will then have an additional option in familiarizing themselves with my work.

 Santhanam, L.A., Mitchell, A., Rosenstiel, T. “Audio: By the Numbers.” Web. 20 Feb 2014. http://stateofthemedia.org/

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