Are webcams inappropriate for radio transmissions?!
Question: Are webcams inappropriate for radio transmissions!?
I understand that John Barrowman is alleged to have exposed himself to a webcam on air while being interviewed in a BBC radio programme!. Whereas this is not good if it happened, do people not feel in any case that a sound medium really shouldn't have a video or other visual element anyway!? If you look at the BBC website for various Radio 4 comedy and drama programmes, you see images of the characters or settings!. Does this undermine the nature of the medium!? Does it mean the pictures are no longer better on the radio!?Www@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
I think that radio programs, broadcasted on the web, by adding an webcam, are only proving that radio can adjust!. I don't think that there is the need to change the medium!.
It's just like newspapers (though I'm not sure that newspapers will last for decades), their websites have all sorts of multimedia, videos, photos, sounds, and, of course, text!.
Radio, once it got on the web, did the same!. We can listen to podcasts of our favorite programs, but we can also see videos, photos and even text news!.
By being videocasted on the web, a radio program is only adding a little extra!. The fundamental is still sound!. And as long as there is cars, portable audio devices and the ability to broadcast sound, then the radio will last!.
Seeing a program host, because there is a webcam pointed at him is just a way of having a glimpse of the backstage - it's not about adding images because moving images are essential!. In radio, even on the web, images are just a bonus!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
It's just like newspapers (though I'm not sure that newspapers will last for decades), their websites have all sorts of multimedia, videos, photos, sounds, and, of course, text!.
Radio, once it got on the web, did the same!. We can listen to podcasts of our favorite programs, but we can also see videos, photos and even text news!.
By being videocasted on the web, a radio program is only adding a little extra!. The fundamental is still sound!. And as long as there is cars, portable audio devices and the ability to broadcast sound, then the radio will last!.
Seeing a program host, because there is a webcam pointed at him is just a way of having a glimpse of the backstage - it's not about adding images because moving images are essential!. In radio, even on the web, images are just a bonus!.Www@Enter-QA@Com