Online Interview by Xiao3 Yu3

Got this email from Xiao Yu, and i hope i am able to help out as much as i can. Thinking that the questions might be interesting to you out there, i posted it here as well. for your pleasure and amusement.

----start of questions----> > 1) What made you decide to start Blog Club as your new weekend> program format?>

It is a continuation of my previous radio show on saturday, where i pprepare materials and post it as a blog, and use them as discussions during my shift. I call it blog club now, cos i wanna include listeners into the materials i can see in my show and blog as well.
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2) How is it carried out? [because last Sunday, you just began to> link to many of the listeners' blogs. What's your next steps?]>

It is carried out by linking the listeners blogs like you mentioned, anf from there, i hope that i can use materials that i read in the listener's blogs in my show as materials that i can read out and present to the general audience.
next step is to continue linking up the listeners in a network, and present something that i have read on our listener's blog, be it an observation, feedback or comment. this should hopefully happen next shift.

> 3) How do you intend to use Blog Club as a medium to interact with> the listeners? [e.g. you to the listeners, listeners to you, listeners> to other listeners, etc]>

the answer to this question should be partially answered by the above one. the other part would be the broadcast of the show itself i think. that should include all the aspects that you mentioned above. >

4) On the whole, Do you feel that new media like Youtube, podcasts> and blogs have helped you in your program hosting and other aspects of> your life? How have they helped (or not)?>

yes, definitely. the abundance of resources have greatly helped me, and it is the foundation of my idea of my radio show as well. >

5) As a semi-media person (since you are part-time DJ), do you think> that new media can actually threaten the position of traditional radio,> e.g. in your field podcasts over conventional radio?>

i dun not agree. the new media should presently be a supplement for the existing media channels, and to overtake this, would take a long while and prolonged evolution. assuming new media is based in internet resources, Let's not forget the number of people who do not have a computer accessible to them readily and the people who are not even technology-savvy enough to get online.