Any medium that encourages people to be more in the know about what is going on in the world is a good thing. However, podcasts allow a different level of accessibility than articles, allowing people to educate themselves while they are folding laundry, walking their dog, or driving to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Marie was a young adult fresh out of the foster care system when she told the police about her rape story. When they found inconsistencies in her story, they pushed her until she admitted that she lied – rather than recognizing that sometimes, details get lost in memory when something traumatic happens. An Unbelievable Story of Rape <\/em>and Anatomy of Doubt<\/em> both walk us through Marie\u2019s gut-wrenching story, and both do an effective job at portraying the facts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In An Unbelievable Story of Rape, <\/em>we are able to move through the incredibly heavy story at our own pace, and take breaks in the natural pauses of the article. We also get to look at pictures, giving us additional time to articulate our feelings. Also, while we are reading, it\u2019s the only thing we can focus on – during a podcast, we can multitask, which means we do not absorb all of the information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, podcasts introduce an aspect of accessibility that articles cannot offer: they do not require reading abilities. While many people think literacy is a given, it is not \u2013 and podcasts allow people with different levels of literacy to participate in journalism, and society in general. Also, people can listen to them all of the time, allowing us to generally consume more information. While this may lead to distraction, it is better than someone giving up on educating themselves altogether because they don\u2019t have time to devote their entire attention to something for several minutes. Podcasts are also far more interesting, because you are actually listening to someone\u2019s voice, which gives a more humanizing perspective than just words on a page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While the debate of podcasts vs. articles is a valid one, we also must be grateful for the fact that people are educating themselves at all. Both are fantastic ways to stay in the know, and preferences simply change from person to person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Any medium that encourages people to be more in the know about what is going on in the world is a good thing. However, podcasts allow a different level of accessibility than articles, allowing people to educate themselves while they … Continue reading