Cross MatchingExercise 42 of 46

The rise of podcasting has been hailed as a democratisation of media, and in its earliest incarnation this characterisation had some validity. The format's low barrier to entry did indeed enable voices that had been excluded from traditional broadcasting to reach audiences directly, bypassing the gatekeepers of radio…

• Which scholar shares Scholar A's view that the medium's capacity for extended, substantive discussion represents its most valuable contribution?
• Which scholar has a different opinion from the others about whether the increasing involvement of commercial interests in podcasting has been detrimental to the medium?