Again, I tried something really new for me. I searched the Shanghai World Expo 2010 in the iTunes store and listened to six of them. They are:
1. Shanghai- Host of EXPO 2010 made by the Arts.21, a culture magazine
2. Show 84 Shanghai Expo made by CCC, Chinese Consumer Connection
3. Shanghai World Expo Opens May 1st made by Ebru News of Central Asia
4. Expo 2010, series programs about Shanghai Expo 2010 made by Life in Shanghai China, an individual podcast
5. Pavilions of Europe at Shanghai World Expo made by Wahoo Beach
6. Expo 2010 – Make or Break in Shanghai made by Made in Germany, a business magazine
Each of them describes the Expo in different point of view and provides good information in this topic. I ended up following the Arts.21 which broadcast on major fairs and festivals of the world.
Apparently, the podcasts that are made by formal news stations, like the first, third and last one are nice to watch. They all contain both audio and video. They have interviews with important people and plenty of information sources... The program have been planned and made through long time. Usually, they not only report on the Expo itself, they report the city Shanghai and at the same time analyze the event from political, economic, and cultural point of view. But they are all broad information, too formal for people who are really interested in the event.
The second podcast is an interesting one to listen. It tells what every visitor experience at the Shanghai Expo: crowds of people and endless queues. It gives a lively and unique impression about the event, one that is seldom mentioned by the formal news stations. However, purely audio is hard to follow and two speakers overlap each other sometimes.
The fourth one is an update program which gives each time an interview. It certainly provides the most information. But without an introduction for each interview, it really needs great interest on the topic to follow.
And finally the fifth one is a pure video made by photos and segments of video.
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