podcasting, n.
Brit. /ˈpɒdkɑːstɪŋ/, /ˈpɒdkastɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɑdˌkæstɪŋ/
[‹ -pod (in iPod, a trade name for an MP3 player) + -casting (in broadcasting n.). Compare podcast n., podcast v.]
The use of the Internet to make available digital recordings of broadcasts for downloading to a computer or personal audio player.
| 2004 Guardian 12 Feb. (Life section) 28/1 MP3 players, like Apple's iPod, in many pockets, audio production software cheap or free, and weblogging an established part of the internet; all the ingredients are there for a new boom in amateur radio. But what to call it? Audioblogging? Podcasting? GuerillaMedia? 2005 R. Mathieson Branding Unbound vii. 182 Newer phenomena, like ‘podcasting’, are opening up whole new possibilities. 2008 State (Columbia, S. Carolina) (Nexis) 28 Apr. b5 The district's first class on podcasting was last year, and some schools are in early stages of launching blogging. |
Compounds. General attrib.
| 2004 Seattle Times 18 Oct. c1/5 Geeks are going nuts over this, holding ‘podcasting parties’ and exchanging all sorts of content. 2006 Technol. Horizons in Educ. Jrnl. 1 Advanced blogging and podcasting experiences to keep up with the digital generation. 2008 Canberra Times (Nexis) 7 Jan. An example of the policy issues is the need to relax firewall security to enable the implementation of a Podcasting tool. |