Podcasting and Impact Cheryl Brumley and Mark Carrigan
What’s the point of podcasting? Raising your own profile Raising the profile of projects you’re attached to Multimedia content for individual/collective web presence Disseminating research findings Making events available to those not physcially present Connecting with wider public(s)
The World of Podcasting Simple
Complex
Will I be able to do it?
Desired quality level: micro-podcasts, magazine Environment: office, outside, large empty room Length Type of interaction: interview, conversation, solo
Will I be able to do it? Simple
Complex
iPhone mic
Shure SM58 USB podcasting mic AKG C 1000s
Olympus Tascam
Promoting your Podcasts
Personal and multi-author blogs Personal, department and university pages Twitter, facebook, academia.edu University communications office Soundcloud, iTunesU, Audioboo
Where do I go from here? Do you already listen to podcasts? Which ones? What do you like about them? Do you know anyone in higher education who already podcasts? Is there a particular style of podcast that interests you? Can you think of occasions when podcasting might have been a worthwhile activity for you?
Where do I go from here? Technical help/equipment advice: transom.org thepodcastguy.com audacity.sourceforge.net
Thank you! LSE Public Policy Group Mark Carrigan and Cheryl Brumley
@mark_carrigan @cherylbrumley Podcasts: blogs.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/podcasts Blogs: European Politics and Policy: europp.eu British Politics and Policy: lsepoliticsblog.com LSE Review of Books: lsereviewofbooks.com Impact: blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences