Podcasts
are a very large part of the television watching experience if you are one that
watches television as much as I do, which is a lot. One particular podcast that has been very influential for my
television show experience is the Once Upon A Time Podcast. This podcast has really united fans of
the television show “Once Upon A Time.”
For those who don’t know what a podcast is, it is basically like a radio
show but on the Internet. On each
episode they talk about each episode that has aired that week. To me “Once Upon A Time” is a fabulous
show but I didn’t really have a lot of people to talk too about it, so it was
great to discover this show on itunes.
The Show is hosted by a Colleen and Jeff and they are very knowledgeable
of the Grimm fairytales of which the TV show is based off of and they offer great
commentary and theories. I love
how fans can connect and discuss on the forums at the podcast website and also
during the live shows that are recorded weekly, fans are able to interact while
the podcast is being recorded, which enables the listeners to interact with
Jeff and Colleen.
There
are so many podcasts for so many different shows, bu they are not just limited
to television shows. There are
also many for books and movies and any kind of topic that can have a fandom. It is truly amazing the number of
different podcasts there are. The great thing about these podcasts are that
they create a sort of public sphere where fans can come together to meet other
people with the same interests.
Fans are enabled to progress their interest in the topic of the podcast
and talk about it in more depth. I
have taken so much more from the Once Upon A Time TV show than I could have if
I wasn’t a part of this podcast community. It is really amazing who you can meet through the podcasts and
what you can learn as well.
The
important of podcasts are that they can unite fans all over the world. It also is great use of the Internet to
promote the show or whatever the podcast is used to talk about. It is an incredible way to promote a
show because viewers/listeners don’t even have to read anything, they can just
listen to it when they are driving, running, or working. People don’t have to go that much out
of their way. Podcasts are
downloadable for free on the Internet and even on big sites like itunes. Podcast a big contributor to the Public
Sphere because a podcast can be about anything a person wants to talk
about. It can be about politics to
just talking about random things.
It is a great way to connect with others with the same interest and is
really a great way to learn more about your favorite television show.
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