Answer:
1. I think podcasts are growing in popuality because you can list to them anywhere and anytime because they are recorded and stored/saved.
2. Some differences between podcasts and watching TV are: You listen to podcasts, you do not watch them. You can listen to a podcast while you're doing something, however watching TV needs more attention from you. Lastly, You can listen to a podcast whenever.
3. Some similatiries between podcasts and watching TV are: Usually there are episodes in both podcasts and TV. Secondly, its some form of entiertainment. Lastly, you can record both to listen to/watch later.
4. (You can answer this one however you think but this is mine.) I do not think listening to a podcast on an iPod is screen time because you aren't activily using the screen or looking at it, you're just listening.
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