The main goal for the podcast, Digital Autopsy, is to bring awareness to internet related issues and hopefully get people involved. In the first episode, we deal with the fair use issue on YouTube that is becoming a huge problem for content creators lately.
A plus of working on this podcast was that there was less constrains placed on it. For the think piece, we were limited to 750 words and that meant only a certain amount of information could be brought up but with the podcast, we are able to elaborate due to it being an auditory experience. Thanks to the use of music, adding in some more content can work rather well, however, with more content there needs to bridges and pause to allow listeners to catch their breath. As well as, adapting your voice to sound well and have a consistent tone.
Making a podcast also brings in the issue of music licenses, as we cannot just use any sound effects or music as those are protected under copyright. Overall, the work that was done was rather simple, the only issue was recording as getting into a silent area was rather annoying. If anything, the podcast allowed for to be done than what could be done in the think piece itself.
The audience I aimed for was general as it was more of an awareness-raising podcast thus the content couldn’t be too technical and be understandable to those who would have no idea these issues existed.
Hi George! I love the podcast. Your tone and structure was well done. The one thing I can offer feedback on is shortening the pauses that you placed throughout the video. Once again, this was very well executed.
The long pauses are something that I did notice more when listening to the podcast here in class, as at home, on my headphones, it sounded well. This is definitely something I will work on fixing with the revised version done by the end of class. Thank you.
Dear George, Your podcast has tremendously high production values! You use the affordances of the medium very well. You help your reader understand and follow your argument with hints and reminders. Your voice is clear and you use nonverbal modulation to engage your audience. Your spacing around large and smaller topic headings was spot-on. The only substantive suggestion that I can make is on your outro to explain the dark web in a sentence to help novice listeners know what you’re talking about while giving it a description that might be suggestive or interesting for more knowledgeable audience members listening to your podcast–the idea is to find a balance of accommodation for the different audiences you might have. Excellent work! Best, Dr. Ellis
It’s interesting to hear praise when all I hear is mistakes and things that needed to be fixed, which I aim to rectify with the revision of it I do later. What you say makes sense, I will definitely need to work on the outro however.
Dear George,
I think your voice modulation was amazing! It sounds perfect for a dramatic documentary of some sort!
I think one of the things you could do to make it even better is to lessen the amount of intense music that is played in-between your paragraphs/topics. At some points it may have been unnecessary, although I understand that you were also trying to time your voice entrance to the music.
Best of luck!
Yes, upon listening to the podcast here in class, I noticed that music needs to be fixed and I intend to change the music for the the final version. Thank you.
I like the tone and speed of your voice as I feel like it fits the theme of your podcast.I also like the choice of music; these two bring a mysterious vibe to the podcast. One negative thing I can say is that certain parts of the music were too loud and could be reduced.
Yes, that is something that has been said and is my main goal to fix in the revised version. Its good that you picked up on the tone of the podcast, it shows that I succeeded with my intent of having this type of theme for the podcast.