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A podcast is music and/or video delivered or downloaded to your computer for you to listen to or view at your leisure.
‘Podcast‘ generally refers to audio. ‘Video Podcast’ (or ‘Vodcast‘) refers to the distribution of video files in the same manner.
A podcast is syndicated and sent out to a receiver ia a syndication feed (eg. RSS) otherwise it is just an audio file.
You can subscribe to podcasts so that they download automatically to your computer, and then you can upload the podcasts to your MP3 player or iPod..
There are a host of hosts on the net who provide free podcasts for you to download.
You can use free down-loadable software, such as iTunes, to subscribe to the podcasts (for no cost) and even have your podcasts sync-ed with your iPod to get the downloads next time you plug it in.
abc online have a great podcasting site called
dig: music with depth
where you canexperiment with listening to and downloading podcasts.
They also have
abc podcasts and vodcasts
on their general podcasting site.
So how does it work?
A podcast is syndicated and sent out to a receiver, otherwise it is just an audio file. So, you need a syndication feed to get it out there (such as an RSS feed)
Who uses podcasts?
A diverse range of people accessed podcasts in 2007-2008: mostly 12 - 55 year olds, both male and female (Kel Hathaway 2008).
