Podcast, una potente manera de entretener a los jóvenes

Abstract

The internet is so wide that it allows to create all kinds of content, every day new ways of entertainment emerge on the web, and the podcast is not left behind because it has come to position itself in the minds of young people, because the topics that can be touched there are very broad, you can listen to it at any time and anywhere, you only need a mobile device to easily access a podcast. The main objective of this research is to analyze the influence of podcasts as a powerful way of entertainment in young people between 19 and 30 years of age, in addition to analyzing the topics that are addressed in the different chapters that are published on various platforms, and the reactions of the audience to them. In order to achieve the proposed objectives, a mixed qualitative and quantitative approach was used, with different methods such as interview, content analysis and survey, which were conducted to producers of podcasts and young people, precisely students of the Communication career of the Technical University of Ambato. The results showed that podcasts are a powerful way to entertain young people since they prefer entertainment podcasts rather than other topics in their free time or boredom, and they would like to participate in the production of a podcast. On the other hand, the producers of the podcasts analyzed deal with topics that are related to youth, such as anecdotes, everyday stories, humor.