Write a short note on podcasting and what is its utility ?
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Podcasts are episodes of digital audio which a user can download in order to listen to. It is often available for subscription, so that new episodes are automatically downloaded via web syndication to the user's own local computer, mobile application, or portable media player. The files distributed are in audio format, but may sometimes include other file formats such as PDF or EPUB. Videos which are shared following a podcast model are sometimes called video podcasts or vodcasts. The utility -
The initial purpose of podcasting focused on the task of delivery of content. However, as the technology gained momentum in the early 2000s, the uses of podcasting branched from simply the delivery of content to also creative and responsive purposes. The uses of podcasts varies depending on the speaker, the source through which the podcast is shared, and the intended audience. Podcasts have been utilized across academia, the news cycle, everyday life, and more. In recent years, as classrooms have adapted to the use of technology, podcasts have been introduced in the classroom setting from kindergarten to higher education.