the old -whats a vlog- debate ;) The irony is that people who say the content should be personal, > non-scripted, etc. are attempting to act as gate keepers -- requiring > approval of their standards. And thus are old media. >
agreed. and always will. On 2/5/07, Enric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The mistake is in thinking that networked media is about content > (scripted or not, personal or show, etc.) > > It's about the dissapearance of media gatekeepers. About not having > to go through ABC/NBC/CBS/etc. or Paramount/United > Artists/Universal/etc to get a deal or not. That one can produce > videos for a fan of 10-50 that is only for one's friends and family > (KityKity, Mom's Brag Blog, etc.) Or a show for thousands (Ask A > Ninja, Goodbye Burbank, Galacticast, The Show With Zefrank, etc.) that > puts one in a position to negotiate their own contract or finance > independently (Galacticast Sponsorship.) It's about the freedom to > produce media without approval. > > The irony is that people who say the content should be personal, > non-scripted, etc. are attempting to act as gate keepers -- requiring > approval of their standards. And thus are old media. > > - Enric > -=====- > http://www.cirne.com > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > Aldon Hynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I want to thank people how responded to my comments about 'Hope is > > Presidential'. > > > > Matthew Bernius, who is a Visiting Professor at Rochester Insitute of > > Technology and a 'New Media Researcher' had an interesting response. > > > > http://www.waking-dream.com/blog/?p=117 > > online discussion of my youtube/political posts, online fieldwork > > implications, and other sundry things > > > > in which he says: > > > > >>> > > Aldon mentions Ask a Ninja, Hope is Emo, and Lonelygirl15 as YouTube > > exemplars. I'm not quite sure what the candidates can learn from these > > content creators, as they all are essentially "old media" examples > in the > > new media space. All of these are professionally produced (read as > scripted, > > acted, filmed, and edited by professionals). > > >>> > > > > Describing Ask a Ninja, Hope is Emo, and Lonelygirl15 (with a possible > > exception of Lonelygirl15), as "essentially 'old media' examples in > the new > > media space" kind of jumped out at me. I wrote more about it at > > > > http://www.orient-lodge.com/node/2145 > > "What is authenticity in this digital space?" > > > > I would love to hear other peoples thoughts on the subject. > > > > Aldon > > > > > -- Sull http://vlogdir.com (a project) http://SpreadTheMedia.org (my blog) http://interdigitate.com (otherly) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]