SYN – Player One

All this talk about media institutions has got me thinking about my own personal experiences with public broadcasters.

Recently, I’ve been doing a lot of work with SYN radio – which is a community radio station run by youth (specifically, 12-25 years old). I’m a regular host on Player One, which is one of SYN’s flagship shows that talks exclusively about games.

One thing I’ve noticed about SYN, is how heavily social media is used in the production of the show. The show generally runs as any other radio show would – which the hosts having conversations about whatever topics they choose to talk about. At the same time, someone is constantly posting tweets on Twitter with hashtags relevant to the topic being spoken about.

The goal of these tweets is to increase audience participation, and to make it a more inclusive experience. Furthermore, the hosts constantly plug their social media pages asking for ‘follows’ and ‘likes’ and other things alike.

Overall, social media has had a huge impact on the way radio shows are run – but I think it’s for the better.

On a side note, I’ll be uploading my segments onto my blog in the near future – so look forward to that!