Video blogging, sometimes shortened to
vlogging (pronounced 'vlogging', as opposed to 'v-logging') or
vidding or
vidblogging is a form of
blogging for which the medium is
video, and is a form of
Internet television. Entries often combine embedded video or a video link with supporting text, images, and other
metadata. Entries can be recorded in one take or cut into multiple parts. It is also a very popular category on
YouTube.
Video logs (vlogs) also often take advantage of web syndication to allow for the distribution of video over the Internet using either the RSS or Atom syndication formats, for automatic aggregation and playback on mobile devices and personal computers (See video podcast).
History
On January 2, 2000, Adam Kontras posted a video alongside a blog entry aimed at informing his friends and family of his cross-country move to
Los Angeles in pursuit of
show business, marking the first post on what would later become the longest-running video blog in history. In November of that year, Adrian Miles posted a video of changing text on a still image, coining the term
vog to refer to his video blog. In 2004,
Steve Garfield launched his own video blog and declared that year "the year of the video blog". In an effort to fulfill this prediction, Miles and Garfield soon joined their online colleagues Jay Dedman, Peter Van Dijck, Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen, and Christophe Bouten in creating a group on
Yahoo! Groups devoted to video blogging.
Dmitry Medvedev's videoblog posted after his visit to Latin America in November 2008.]]
Vlogging saw a strong increase in popularity beginning in 2005. The Yahoo! Videoblogging Group saw its membership increase dramatically in 2005
Radio Stations and television stations are now using video blogging as a way to help interact more with listeners and viewers.
Significant events in the development of video blogs
2000, January 2 - Adam Kontras posts a video alongside a blog entry aimed at informing his friends and family of his cross-country move to
Los Angeles in pursuit of
show business, marking the first post on what would later become the longest-running video blog in history.
2004, June 1 - Peter Van Dijck and Jay Dedman start the Yahoo! Videoblogging Group, which becomes the center of a community of vloggers
2005, January -
Vloggercon, the first videoblogger conference, is held in New York City.
2005, July 20 - The Yahoo! Videoblogging Group grows to over 1,000 members.
2006, March 17 -
the show with zefrank is launched. A short video program produced Monday through Friday for one year (March 17, 2006 - March 17, 2007).
2006, July -
YouTube has become the 5th most popular web destination, with 100 million videos viewed daily, and 65,000 new uploads per day.
2006, July 5 - Host
Amanda Congdon leaves Rocketboom over differences with her business partner
Andrew Baron.
2006, November — The Vloggies, the first annual videoblogging awards, is held in San Francisco.
2007, May and August — The
Wall Street Journal places a
grandmother on the front page of its Personal Journal section. In August she is featured on an
ABC World News Tonight segment showing the elderly now becoming involved in the online video world.
2010, November - an announcement is made about a movie entirely made by combining vlogs from real people and virtual avatars (VLOGGERthemovie.net). Due to be released in 2011 .
See also
Blog
Bloggingheads.tv
Lifecasting (video stream)
Photoblog
Video podcast
YouTube
References
External links
A Certain Tendency in Videoblogging and Rethinking the Rebirth of the Author, academic essay on videoblogging
A Post-Cinema of Distractions: On the Genealogical Constitution of Personal Videoblogging, academic essay on videoblogging
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