Loyola Phoenix: Podcast Popularity: 'There's a podcast for everything' (detail)
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Loyola Phoenix: Podcast Popularity: 'There's a podcast for everything' (detail)
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The top photo of an article in the Loyola Phoenix depicts a student holding headphones on their head, seen from behind, in a recording space with microphones on stands. The top section title appears as "A&E," and the article title is written over the image in white letters: "Podcast popularity: 'There's a podcast for everything.'" The photo credit is by Mary Grace Ritter for The Phoenix.
The caption reads: "Podcasts have become increasingly popular in the last couple years, with more than 700,000 podcasts now available across streaming platforms. It's a form of entertainment that's now easily accessible."
The article includes interviews with students who listen to podcasts, from "a portmanteau of the words 'iPod' and 'broadcast.'" First-year student Nathan Madvig "joked he could likely find a podcast about dairy farming if he looked for one."
The article traces the first podcast to Canadian actor Matt Schichter in 2003, and cites research estimating that 51% of Americans had listened to at least one podcast in their life, while 22% had in the past week, and that the average American listens to podcasts more than any other kind of audio.
Students and faculty are quoted about the appeal of podcasts as accessible, hands-free, and offering a form of connection that other media lack.
Students Shelby Kluver and Diana Raspanti, co-presidents of the Loyola chapter of Her Campus, began a podcast through Her Campus called "Getting There," "a weekly series about navigating the uncertainty college students feel nearing graduation, as well as the fun and joyous aspects of the transition. Each episode covers a different topic and is around half an hour long, which Kluver said is an ideal length for students commuting between Loyola campuses."
The caption reads: "Podcasts have become increasingly popular in the last couple years, with more than 700,000 podcasts now available across streaming platforms. It's a form of entertainment that's now easily accessible."
The article includes interviews with students who listen to podcasts, from "a portmanteau of the words 'iPod' and 'broadcast.'" First-year student Nathan Madvig "joked he could likely find a podcast about dairy farming if he looked for one."
The article traces the first podcast to Canadian actor Matt Schichter in 2003, and cites research estimating that 51% of Americans had listened to at least one podcast in their life, while 22% had in the past week, and that the average American listens to podcasts more than any other kind of audio.
Students and faculty are quoted about the appeal of podcasts as accessible, hands-free, and offering a form of connection that other media lack.
Students Shelby Kluver and Diana Raspanti, co-presidents of the Loyola chapter of Her Campus, began a podcast through Her Campus called "Getting There," "a weekly series about navigating the uncertainty college students feel nearing graduation, as well as the fun and joyous aspects of the transition. Each episode covers a different topic and is around half an hour long, which Kluver said is an ideal length for students commuting between Loyola campuses."
Date, date span, or circa acceptable
2019-12-04
File name
The Loyola Phoenix, 2019-12-04, page 9
Sources archive, University Archives and Special Collections or Women and Leadership Archives
University Archives and Special Collections
Subject
Loyola University Chicago
Technology
Podcasts
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