Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Finally! Podcasting their way to emancipation

The Chinese ride the technology wave to find their voices like never before
SHANGHAI, China – And you thought the Cultural Revolution was over. Sorry, it’s just beginning; only China’s new Cultural Revolution will be driven this time from the bottom up – by podcasters with Apple’s little white iPods or competing players, not from the top down by Maoists with Little Red Books.

Yes, I know, I am a little ahead of myself.Very few Chinese have ever even seen an iPod, so the podcasting that does exist here is largely done through PCs (Pod­casting is the technology that enables in­dividuals to produce their own poetry and songs, videos and photos, and upload them onto a podcasting Web site, then offer this content to anyone who wants to sample it or subscribe to it).

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Source, IIPM-Editorial-2006