Building a Better Participatory Culture and Enhancing Sense of Community in Podcasts – Systematic Literature Review

Figures & data

Table 1 Databases

Database	Search results	After exclusions
ProQuest	24	6
Ebscohost	46	1
Taylor & Francis Online	53	7
SpringerLink	78	1
SAGE Journals	3	1
ScienceDirect	1	0
Wiley Online Library	10	0
Total	215	16

Table 2 Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
Scholarly journal	Research about podcast producers and not the audience
Published Jan 2018 – Sep 2023	Research about the pandemic or COVID-19
Written in English	Language other than English
Peer reviewed	Research not audio related, despite the word “podcast” in the title/abstract/keywords
Full text available	Research concentrating on increasing podcast use
	Research concentrating on technological innovations
	Research analyzing the process of podcasting
	Research about politics, law and justice, medical and health–related topics, linguistics, social work, journalism, and learning disabilities
	Research being a fan study
	Research about the business models of radio and/or podcasts
	Research about campus or local community radio

Table 3 Years of Publication

Year	ProQuest	EBSCOhost	Taylor & Francis	SpringerLink	Sage	Total
2023			1			1
2022	2		5	1	1	9
2021						0
2020	3					3
2019	1	1	1			3
2018						0

Figure 1 Six Enhancers of Sense of Community