Tweet Original at SpliceToday Does anyone remember Jennifer Ringley and Sean Patrick? Over 10 years ago, tens of thousands of Americans brought The Truman Show to reality by broadcasting themselves live for anyone to see. Webcams, people forget (especially people my age), were the original web videos. JenniCam and Sean Patrick Live drew thousands of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘vlogging’
The Old Internet Is New Again: ‘If I Can Dream’ and Chatroulette
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on March 11th, 2010
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Tags: Digital Culture/Industry, live, Video (Web/Mobile/Transmedia), vlogging, web series 
6 Comments »The Rules and Meanings of Vlogging
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on November 5th, 2009
Tweet My first academic article has been published! The article, published in First Monday, titled, “Real Vlogs: The Rules and Meanings of Online Personal Videos,” looks at how users on YouTube talk about what vlogs are “real” or authentic, and “fake” or inauthentic. Here’s the abstract: This paper explores what the “rules” of vlogging (video blogging) are: [...]
Posted in uncategorized Tags: Digital Culture/Industry, research, Video (Web/Mobile/Transmedia), vlogging, youtube No Comments »What is a Web Series? A Guide and Introduction
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on October 9th, 2009
Tweet UPDATE: For updated web series info, click the web series page. What is a web series? To anyone in the industry right now, this post will be elementary. Apologies in advance. But I think for academics and maybe aspiring producers, this might be useful. I’ve had a bunch of hits on my old primer, [...]
Posted in uncategorized Tags: research, TV, Video (Web/Mobile/Transmedia), vlogging, web series, youtube 5 Comments »Where and How to Publish Your Videos, Web Series
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on September 29th, 2009
Tweet UPDATE: For the full interview, click here. I had an email interview with Benny and Rafi Fine recently, the pair that makes up the Fine Brothers, the duo of producers making some of the most popular viral videos on the net, along with a couple of web series. They’re razor-smart, and I hope to [...]
“Adam On The Road” and Other Web Series
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on July 10th, 2009
Tweet You’re forgiven if you don’t watch any made-for-Internet television — also known as: web series, webisodes, web shows, or web originals; they’re still working on the name. Most people don’t. Ever since Lonelygirl15, the faux-vlog on YouTube turned ridiculously over-the-top web series, debuted three years ago, the web show has been consistently on the [...]
Posted in uncategorized Tags: Digital Culture/Industry, new media, TV, vlogging, web series, youtube No Comments »Black Vloggers article LIVE
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on May 5th, 2009
Tweet UPDATE: I’ve since been writing on black web series, black distribution of online video, and specific shows. For all new posts, see my web series page. Vlogging While Black A few black vloggers are beginning to make a splash on the scene. But it doesn’t mean it’s easy. “YouTube is very, very white,” explained [...]
