It is not just the topic of a podcast that determines whether we listen. Its design also plays a key role. As part of the “Designing Podcasts” project, researchers from ZHAW and ZHdK have developed a model that provides a holistic description of the design and use of podcasts: the… Read More »Paper published: Podcast design and listening motivation are linked
The “Designing Podcasts” project has developed practical insights into podcast design and use. It focuses on three basic design types that have been developed – “story”, “talk” and “factual” – and their interaction with listeners’ motives for using podcasts. The findings are summarized in the “Designing Podcasts” manual, which has… Read More »Designing Podcasts – Transfer, Training, Tools
What makes a podcast worth listening to? In this special episode, we welcome two guests for the first time and talk about what we do ourselves: podcasts. Pascal Streule (ZHAW) and Eric Andreae (ZHdK), together with an interdisciplinary team and the production company Podcastschmiede, have produced a comprehensive scientific analysis… Read More »Designing Podcasts: How podcasts are created and how they work
The manual “Designing Podcasts” was presented on October 1. It was developed in collaboration with CAST / Audiovisual Media at ZHdK, the Department of Applied Psychology at ZHAW, and Podcastschmiede. The handbook combines media dramaturgical analyses of German-language podcasts with media psychology studies on listening behavior. It provides insights into… Read More »Manual “Designing Podcasts”
“Playful work”, combating forced marriage or education for the 60+ generation: the 18 applications approved in the 2nd project call in the innovation program of the Digitalization Initiative of the Zurich Higher Education Institutions (DIZH) use technologies and develop innovative applications to address human needs and values. With funding of… Read More »Innovative projects put people at the centre