This week’s reading is about the article, 5 Videoblogs That Do It Right on Mediashift.
Jennifer Woodard Maderazo who wrote this article said that it’s hard to classify vlogs. “Are they blogs that incorporate video? Or video accompanied by blogging? Are they video podcasts?” she said.
Ms Maderazo lists and explains five of her favourite vlogs. They range from politics, comedy, food and wine and a daily dose of news.
According to Ms Maderazo the reason she chose these vlogs was because they were able to entertain, inform, and be consistent and simple.
This is a very good point because she states that one of the vlogs she picked; food and wine, does not interest her. However, the vlog was able to entertain and inform her, which made her continue to watch it.
This is an important point to an effective vlog. Naturally, people being interested in the topic is helpful, but if the vlog is inconsistent or has jargon, then it is very hard to keep the viewer entertained.
Are videoblogs a passing fad? No, I don’t believe so. When Youtube began in 2005 there were very few videos. According to Wikipedia, in May 2006, there were 50,000 videos added per day. This increased to 65,000 in July. In January 2008, approximately 79 million users had made over 3 billion video views. The world is becoming more dynamic and the internet has become another world for us to live in; only displayed on a screen. Although videoblogs and Youtube are different I believe they will eventually follow a similar path.
REFERENCES
Maderazo, J 2008, 5 Videoblogs That Do It Right Mediashift, retrieved 18 September 2008 http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2008/02/5-videoblogs-that-do-it-right046.html
Wikipedia 2008, YouTube, retrieved 18 September 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube
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