A pubcast is an online presentation that includes the combination of video with a published research article

Academic publishing

Academic publishing describes the subfield of publishing which distributes academic research and scholarship. Most academic work is published in journal article, book or thesis form. The part of academic written output that is not formally published but merely printed up or posted is often called...

. This is accomplished by using an in-browser application software

Application software

Application software, also known as an application or an "app", is computer software designed to help the user to perform specific tasks. Examples include enterprise software, accounting software, office suites, graphics software and media players. Many application programs deal principally with...

 that enables the ability to select particular portions of the published article to be displayed at particular points in a video timeline

Timeline

A timeline is a way of displaying a list of events in chronological order, sometimes described as a project artifact . It is typically a graphic design showing a long bar labeled with dates alongside itself and events labeled on points where they would have happened.-Uses of timelines:Timelines...

. The result is a synchronized presentation posted online.

Variation

The term pubcast is used as a coloqualism to describe a video conference session in an unlikely place, such as a pub. The session is intended to include a remote participant in a social event.

History

The term pubcast was coined by Phil Bourne, co-founder of SciVee

SciVee

SciVee is a science video sharing website where researchers can upload, view and share science video clips and connect them to scientific literature, posters and slides...

, a web 2.0

Web 2.0

The term Web 2.0 is associated with web applications that facilitate participatory information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design, and collaboration on the World Wide Web...

 a science video sharing

Video sharing

Video hosting services refers to websites or software where users can distribute their video clips. Other sites such as file hosting services image hosting services and social network services might support video sharing as an enhancement to their primary mission, but in general, they are not...

website in early 2007.

Christophe Delire is conceiver of the PostModemArt WebOpera.
Christophe uses pubcast.be since 2007 to make realtime exhibitions where information ia played "live" and dynamically on a vertical time line (like a blog).

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a pubcast definition

how a pubcast is created

example of a pubcast