Features of the criminal topic podcasts in Russian and foreign media space

Abstract

The digital revolution, the information age, digitalization and the subsequent active development of technologies made significant changes in the activities of a journalist and opened up new opportunities, new formats. Traditional media and their way of interacting with the audience were transformed. In this regard, podcasts became a new format for public communication with the audience and a new channel for spreading information about significant public issues in the context of the new media development. Moreover mass media use podcasts not only as a platform for promotion and communication with the audience, but also as a full-fledged tool that has become part of the technological base of journalistic creative work. Due to the continued growth in the popularity of podcasts, and criminal-themed podcasts, their careful study as media is an urgent topic for research.