Vlogs or video blogs are moving into the spotlight faster as ownership of camera devices are getting more affordable. Vlogs work the same way blogs do, however instead of text, videos are posted online. Rogers (2005) views vlogging as a simple task of adding video to personal blog publishing.
Like blogs, there is a wide array of vlogs; from children's birthday parties to covering the war in Iraq from a bystanders' point of view.
Vlogs are easy to setup. Seenan (2004) states that in its simplest form, vlogging does not require costly equipment: a digital video camera, a high-speed connection and a host are all that is needed. The hit ABC drama, Ugly Betty spawned their own webisodes. In this particular webisodes, Amanda and Marc from the drama literally shows the audience how easy it is to record a vlog (Source: ABC.com, 2008).
Due to different genres, Rogers (2005) summarised that text blogs allow organised, scanability of ideas for quick information retrieval. Vlogs on the other requires the video to be watched completely before getting the information, in which Rogers believes as a waste of time.
If wasting time is your main concern, the intent of the vlog is also an issue.
"It's a form of self-publicity, of course, anything put out from home pages is self promotion in some form," says Mark Griffiths, a psychologist at Nottingham Trent University. This is exceptionally true in the case of Chris Crocker who posted a video of himself crying and screaming while trying to defend pop sensation Britney Spear's erratic behaviour in 2007. While the video gained more than a million views, many believes that he is merely using the vlog as a means of self-publicity.
Like blogs, there is a wide array of vlogs; from children's birthday parties to covering the war in Iraq from a bystanders' point of view.
Vlogs are easy to setup. Seenan (2004) states that in its simplest form, vlogging does not require costly equipment: a digital video camera, a high-speed connection and a host are all that is needed. The hit ABC drama, Ugly Betty spawned their own webisodes. In this particular webisodes, Amanda and Marc from the drama literally shows the audience how easy it is to record a vlog (Source: ABC.com, 2008).
Due to different genres, Rogers (2005) summarised that text blogs allow organised, scanability of ideas for quick information retrieval. Vlogs on the other requires the video to be watched completely before getting the information, in which Rogers believes as a waste of time.
If wasting time is your main concern, the intent of the vlog is also an issue.
"It's a form of self-publicity, of course, anything put out from home pages is self promotion in some form," says Mark Griffiths, a psychologist at Nottingham Trent University. This is exceptionally true in the case of Chris Crocker who posted a video of himself crying and screaming while trying to defend pop sensation Britney Spear's erratic behaviour in 2007. While the video gained more than a million views, many believes that he is merely using the vlog as a means of self-publicity.
Chris Crocker, a vlogger who shot to fame in 2007 as an America internet celebrity (Source: youtube.com, 2008).
Regardless of which, vlogs are paving the way for a more enriched multimedia experience when accessing blogs as it combines both audio and visual stimulus.
Reference:
Mode After Hours: Friend-iversary VLOG 2008, ABC.com, viewed 5 November 2008, <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CHFF-7O7q8>.
Crocker, C 2007, Leave Britney Alone!, youtube.com, viewed 5 November 2008, <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc>.
Rogers, M 2005, Ready for your close-up? Here come the vlogs, MSNBC.com, viewed 5 November 2008,<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7226225>.
Seenan, G 2004, Forget the bloggers, it's the vloggers showing the way in the internet, The Guardian UK, viewed 5 November 2008, <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2004/aug/07/travelnews.travel>.
1 comment:
woah.. maybe i should try vlog.. lol but people might hate me then.
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