For Ch.4; The authors point out the freer nature of podcasts, as compared to radio. While some people in older generations might find some of the podcast content mentioned by the authors in Chapter 4 shocking, discuss what you, as a representative of sorts, of the younger adult generation feel about this step toward a freer nature of audio production. What are the pros and/or cons? Should we care whether there are pros and/or cons, or should we just let it be, so to speak?
For Chapter 5; Since none of our productions in this summer’s Podcasting class are classified as “drama”, as it is discussed in Ch.5, let’s focus on a more general principle found in the quote at the beginning of the chapter. (We can also connect this prompt to the last question I pose for the Chapter 4 discussion, asking whether we should even care about “pros & cons” of a freer nature of the content found in podcasts.) This quote from Eli Horowitz opens Chapter 5;
“When there is a new form there is a real compulsion to justify it, to really explain. Why are you reading this thing? Why is this sound in your ears? There is a compulsion to justify it.”
We’re focused on non-fiction, non-drama topics in this class. However, podcasting is still a relatively new form of audio production, even outside of fiction and drama productions. Should we feel any compulsion to justify the words and sounds we put into our audio productions? Discuss why and/or why not.
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