Standage's thoughts on Podcasts

What would Standage say about podcasts?

I honestly think Standage would consider podcasts a step in the right direction for social media. Standage wrote about TV and radio and discussed how both of these forms of media are not social media, but instead mass media. Both the TV and Radio are passive and do not include a social aspect to them. They are controlled by a smaller group of people who are able to censor what people see and listen too.

On the other hand, Podcasts, which are similar to radio, only in that they are auditory and can be broadcast, are not limited to a small group of people or censorship. Podcasts go along with what Tom Standage believes to be true social media and connection. When you create a podcast you do not need to rely on that small group; tv networks or radio stations. It is a completely personal choice, your message, your viewers there is no limitations or rule because you’re the one distributing your message. Podcasts follow Standage's idea of true social media because it is connecting its listeners throughout and around the world.

I believe Standage would agree that Podcasts and podcasting are a revision to the Radio broadcast, allowing more users and more information to be shared across the world.

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