| Following the blog, podcasting, as a new form of grassroots media, has become the most popular online media. it is supposed to be a new way to spread content in the era of Internet web2.0 Fabric. Although the podcasting is a species during the development of blog, it is different from the word-spreading in blog. The differences are showed not only in the intrinsic cultural logic, but also in the cultural landscape. These different features determine the future development of podcasting and the different value of podcasting research. Podcasting has become a force that can not be overlooked and changed the modern spiritual life of humanbeings. It has a great realistic significance to study this phenomenon, such as exploreing the history of the podcasting development,the dissemination patterns,communication features as well as the future direction of podcasting development.According to the perspectives of the Communication and postmodernism as well as the theories of semeiology, this paper analyzes the current situation of Chinese podcasting and its future development trend. The Sina podcasting channels is the main subjects as an example for the starting point of the analysis. The reasons I choose are it has the general characteristics of the current domestic podcasts site and the unique layout of its contents,marketing mode and so on are the future developmental direction of Chinese podcasts industries.Through the analysis of Sina, it is showed that Sina podcasting is the combination of audio-visual image exchange,indivisual images show in personal angle,the powerful entertainment experience in the era of browser and construction of the text and imaging as well as analytical transmission characteristics such as self-pleasure. Exploring the existing problems and analyzes the future possible multi-angle developmental directions such as the integration between the new and old media,media-driven mobile phone podcasting as well as creating a city podcasting and reveling its significance in Communication and the future developmental trends. |