Material Communication and its impact on Podcasts and their Websites

Websites that focus on entertainment are ususally based off of a television show or successful movies but a new trend that is starting is websites that are based on a new material which are podcasts. If you haven't caught on to this new phenomenon podcasts are radio shows that can be listened to through the internet through the popular software program Itunes. One highly popular podcast is the show Starkville's House of El which is the weekly discussion hosted by two freelance writers about the popular show Smallville.

Derek Russell (top) and Steve Glosson (bottom) the highly entertaing hosts of Starkville's House of El.

The communication about this material that can be attributed to the show's success comes from their website because it allows the host of the show to advertise their podcast's legitimacy. The webmaster of the site Derek Russell who is also one of the hosts of the show is able to showcase this legitimacy by structuring his site like a blog. In this blog Derek and other supporters of the show post news about Smallville that comes from them simply talking to writers and the stars of the show through these connections Derek has proven that his show is a legitimate resource for entertainment news. This is especially proven after Derek's trip to Comic-Con 2009 in San Diego because he received VIP treatment as if he worked for a major magazine due to the fact that he was actually able to sit down with the stars of Smallville and ask them legitimate questions all of which is featured as a video on the website's blog.

Check out Derek's Comic-Con experience here:

Smallville Interviews at SDCC from Graham Hancock on Vimeo.

The fact that Derek was able to share this experience through material communication that can only be found on the internet he was able to hype his podcast tremendously becase it proved even the most average fan can have experiences with celebrities as long as they are brave enough to pick up the phone.

Check out Starkville's House of El's website www.smallvillepodcast.com to see how two fanboys from Georgia were able to create a free podcast that means so much to so many people and bridges the gap between a television show's cast and their fans.