Vlog
My initial entry was just erased so pardon me if this becomes to cliff note like.
For our assignment this week I chose Mom's Brag Vlog to review. I was initially drawn to the vlog because the vlog creator, Erin, was sharing intimate animated moments with an online community of complete strangers and essentially redefining the word "brag." When I imagine bragging I pull of images of mom and dad carrying around photos of their children to share with colleagues or to use to break the ice with individual fully present to themselves. I can stretch that idea to my sister sending me and everyone else in her address book video's of my nephew's struggle with acceptance of his potty chair. Here though in Mom's Brag Vlog I actually got to see Erin's daughter, Jordan, swing the monkey bars (even more exciting I got to see it and it happened months ago). I didn't just hear about or see a picture of a child beaming over her success; I saw it. The audience of bragging becomes limitless in an online community. The vlog has taken a relatively simple act and extended to a world wide theatre, redefining the act of bragging.
The vlog raised some issues though: Can children agree or disagree to being videoed--- After all, the internet is a timeless safe keep for memories. When Jordan is a young professional, her associates could very well Google her name and watch her learn the monkey bars. What rights do the children in such vlogs have?
My other concern was if it was safe. There is an endless amount of information on this vlog and vlog's like it that could be used negatively. What makes a responsible vlogger?