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Podcasting, Schmodcasting.... What's All the Hype?
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//[|Podcast Concept Map] by Barbara Bowen created with// //[|IHMC Cmap Tools]//

WikiPedia
"**Podcasting** is the distribution of audio or video files, such as radio programs or music videos, over the [|internet] using either [|RSS] or [|Atom] [|syndication] for listening on mobile devices and personal computers. A **podcast** is a [|web feed] of audio or video files placed on the Internet for anyone to download or subscribe to, and also the content of that feed. Podcasters' websites also may offer direct download of their files, but the subscription feed of automatically delivered new content is what distinguishes a podcast from a simple download or real-time [|streaming] (see below)... Podcasting's essence is about creating content (audio or video) for an audience that wants to listen when they want, where they want, and how they want." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast

Whatis.com
"Podcasting is the preparation and distribution of audio (and possibly other media) files for [|download] to digital music or multimedia players, such as the [|iPod]." http://searchenterprisevoice.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid66_gci1044707,00.html

Unattributed
"TiVo for Radio" [|http://www.google.com/search?q=podcasting "Tivo+for+radio"]

Not Exactly Correct
"Podcasting is the downloading of audio broadcasts to the iPod." http://www.winters.co.uk/factsheets/ecommerce.html

See Also:

 * [|There’s Something in the Air: Podcasting in Education] by Gardner Campbell, //EDUCAUSE Review//, (November/December 2005)
 * [|Pew Internet Project Data Memo] on Podcasting (April 2005). //"More than 6 million American adults have listened to podcasts.29% of those who own MP3 players enojy Web broadcasts at their leisure"//
 * [|7 Things You Should Know About Podcasting] (2005) by EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative
 * [|Internet Audio: Can You Hear/Talk to Me Now? Good.] MCLI iForum, Spring 2005