Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Vlog: Video Blog


A blog is is a personal journal published on the web. It can be a personal online diary, or for the purposes of providing commentary, or it can function as online brand advertising of a company or individual.
The early 2000's were the start of the video blog. For example, blogger Adam Kontras posted videos along side blogs that documented his pursuit to show biz. His website is located here.

Steve Garfield, one of the first video bloggers declared 2004 the year of video blogging. He started experimenting with techniques and in 2004, released his own video blog. You can find his website here.

With the emergence of Youtube in February 2005, many blogging personalities were able to develop and be shared. Blogging personalities such as:
Jenna Marbles
SantagatoTV
Press For Truth
and notable activist Asmaa Mahfouz who, with her vlogs, aided in the 2011 Egyptian revolution.

Vlogging Organizations:

Vlogercon is a 2 day collection of round table discussions about the emergence of the future of the new medium created for meeting and learning from each other. Workshops are also offered at the conferences. The first video blogger conference held January 2005 in NYC. The vloggercon website also has an archive of videos from past conferences. You can find the vloggercon website here.

The Vloggies are award ceremonies celebrating achievements in vlogs and online video. The first ceremony was hosted in Sanfransisco in November 2006. Here is a link to the website.









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