Vlogging, New Video Craze Hits Internet

From the Internet counter-culture which spawned blogs and podcasts comes the newest thing in new media: vlogging.

In short video diaries and homemade reality shows, vloggers are pass drug test using the power of cheap online technology to invite strangers into laptop battery their lives.

Topics range from in-depth discussions on the meaning of the universe to crude and jerky snapshots of everyday life.

In new vlogs uploaded this week, you could take a spin through teeming Mumbai in an auto-rickshaw, drop in on the life of young Filipina vlogger Karen Avila or watch a woman simply tending a kettle in her New York apartment.

Vlogs are an offshoot of “blogs”, or weblogs — diaries posted on the Internet which sparked a new wave of “citizen journalism” — and their audio equivalent, podcasting.

Vlogging’s time has come thanks to a new generation of cheap cameras, editing programs and simple software — plus fast broadband connections needed to download content. Read More