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Blog Post #2- Jessica Hardie

Thinking about the plague of Pontypool in terms of Harold Innis’ analysis of ancient empires and media forms, I found that it was an example of space bias. As discussed by Innis time bias is something that has been solidified and durable but is not easily transported. As discussed in class a good example of this would be the pyramids because although they are incredibly strong you can’t easily move them from one place to another. However, space bias is something that is light and very easily transported across far distances. In the case of the Pontypool virus, I found that it was a good example of space bias as it was spread through the spoken word that can easily travel from person to person. Within the film we can see the virus spread through multiple forms of communication, the radio being a big one. The sender of the message or in this case the infected word did not have to physically be there to share the message which made it easy to spread and led me to believe that this is an ...
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Podcasting is Taking Over (#4) - Megan Yamamoto

In class, we have talked a lot about music streaming platforms and its relation to traditional radio. However, music isn’t the only thing that has evolved with streaming platforms but rather podcasting as well. The podcast industry has evolved to not only be strictly audio but is now audio and video. Spotify has even introduced a video aspect for podcast episodes that have video and audio. With the introduction to the video, podcasting has almost become a new version of a talk show. A lot of the time I find myself discovering new podcasts on TikTok because podcasters will post short clips almost like teasers or trailers to reach new audiences.  I think podcasting is becoming the new version of modern-day talk shows because it’s the equivalent of watching a more casual conversation or a casual talk show. Furthermore, I would argue that podcasting is also becoming a substitute for radio because it caters to the on-demand aspect that allows listeners to listen to the content they’re i...
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Remediation of radio

As argued in at least two of the presentations this past week, it is understood that podcasting and streaming services are simply remediation's of radio. The new practices of using radio today use radio in ways that satisfies our contemporary media landscape. For my readings that I was assigned for my presentation, I explored the Introduction and chapters one, two, and four in the book Sound Streams Andrew J. Bottomley. His book explores the modern practices of radio that have built on past successes, suggesting many times that history repeats itself, and that these breakthroughs will happen again.  One connection he makes that stood out to me was the development of Pseudo radio to Pseudo television. Pseudo.com had added a camera which invited the audience to watch chat radio instead of only listen to it, similar to how talk radio shows are broadcasted on TV. It was transmitted via RealVideo instead of RealAudio, a technology that was an easy and affordable soluti...
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