Sunday, 9 March 2014

Structure: Graeme Scallion, W14

My podcast, tentatively titled "What Happened in Hopkinsville?" follows a structure I call "The Divergent Storyline." The podcast begins with a linear telling of the Kelly-Hopkinsville incident, the event around which my podcast focusses. Once the initial story has been told, the podcast splits into three outcomes, or effects, of the event: Media reception, impact on pop-culture, and skeptical attention. These effects are told in an order out of necessity, but they could easily be rearranged and presented in any order. Once all three effects are explored, the podcast resumes it's linear structure in time to tie everything together in a brief conclusion.

This structure is slightly different than that of most Stuff You Missed in History Class episodes. Usually, each episode entails a linear telling of a story from start to finish, and though long-term effects are occasionally explored, this usually happens briefly at the end of the podcast, rather than taking up half the episode as my effects do.

As for "Icon for Access," I counted 20 citations.

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