about networked publics

From September 2005 to June 2006 a team of thirteen scholars at the The University of Southern California's Annenberg Center for Communication explored how new and maturing networking technologies are transforming the way in which we interact with content, media sources, other individuals and groups, and the world that surrounds us.

This site documents the process and the results.

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word of the year

So its official. Podcasting is dead. The New American Oxford Dictionary has declared the word "podcasting" the "Word of the Year" for 2005. That surely is a sign that the technology/phenomenon is on the decline, right?

Does anyone remember how quickly "weblog" moved from initial use to mainstream ackowledgement? IIRC, it was a lot longer than it took for podcasting.

Submitted by todd on December 7, 2005 - 9:37am.
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Is there anybody out there?

Submitted by kvarnelis on December 7, 2005 - 9:58pm.

In all the excitement about podcasts, I forgot to listen.

I use my iPod time, which is generally in the car, to listen to music.

My friends who have iPods do the same. Podcasts are simply not attractive to us. Moreover, as best as i can tell, not a single member of netPublics listens to podcasts regularly.

I can read much faster than I can listen and I can skim a text whereas I can't skim a podcast. I can read my 15 morning blogs in 5 minutes via sage. Can a fan of podcasts do that?

I've listened to a few podcasts of radio shows while doing the dishes, but it's never been a compelling medium for me. Why is that? Are there clusters out there who are eager for podcasts?

iPods are devices for reshaping your ambient environment, whether it's through audio or through a video playing half-way in your perceptual field. Podcasts and video podcasts don't do that for me.

But maybe the problem is that I, and all of my friends, are vastly overloaded with demands. We need to deal with overload, we don't need to pile yet more time-suckers into our everyday life.

I suppose I'm missing the point here. Anybody else care to elaborate?

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