Podcast: sound emission, future of radio and cyberculture

Resumo

In his "theories of radio" from 1932, Brecht sought to transform the radio into a bi-
directional communication instrument, making each listener a producer of information.
Brecht wanted a "rebellion on the part of the eye, his activation and rehabilitation as a
producer." For the German playwright, "broadcasting must consequently be separated
from those who supply it and constitute its listeners as suppliers." His dream, his utopia
of rehabilitating listeners as producers, seems to come true with the global phenomenon
of podcasts. Although it is not like the radio we know today, with centralized
broadcasting and massive broadcasting of streaming programs, podcasting uses the
format and metaphor to make anyone a producer of sound emissions. This is yet another
expression of cyberculture as liberation from the emission pole.