The following is a follow up to a post on the Bioscreencast Blog
In a series inspired by the fantastic post-foo camp post by Timo Hannay it is time to focus on the role of audio and video in scientific communication. If one looks at trends, it is quite clear that user behavior in how they consume information and multimedia is changing fast. It’s still a minority, but an influential, vocal minority. I would wager that among certain age groups, the consumption of podcasts, streaming music, and especially video over the internet is probably in the majority.
Recent actions by such mainstream sources as CNN and the New York Time to incorporate video into their offerings are just an example of the power of video. On the science and technology front, Scientific American and Technology Review have both adopted multimedia as part of their offerings. It was this thought that led to the birth of Bioscreencast.com. In his post Timo mentions JoVe. Just as JoVE helps to communicate skills in laboratory experimentation, our goal with screencasting lies in the belief that it is an excellent medium to communicate the part of our research life that involves the use of computers and computational data analysis (a lot for many people).
While a lot of my recent thoughts and efforts have been around video, lets not forget audio. Audio is often easier to consume. bbgm has a sister podcast and much of my podcast consumption is in the scientific space, not least the Nature podcast and NPR Science Friday. With rich internet applications beginning to increasingly make their presence felt, and our interactions with the web continuing to evolve, we have only scratched the surface of multimedia and scientific communication. Increased mobile bandwidths and better devices will also play a role in how we get our information. As long as we don’t drown in a sea of information, the future is going to be very exciting, and we will be right in the middle of all the fun.
Further reading
Screencasting for the life sciences
Video and scientific communication
The videos and screencasts of life science
Technorati Tags: Science, Communication, Audio, Video, Podcasting, Bioscreencast
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