http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/old/taxonomy/term/270/0 en http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/old/content/what-feminist-looks <p>On <a href = "http://feministing.com"> Feministing </a> the bloggers who write for the site have started vlogging (video blogging). <a href = "http://www.youtube.com/user/Feministing"> These first vlogs</a> feature several of the website's various writers explaining how they came to be involved with the site. </p> <p align="center"> <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RExNChTlZ9w&rel=1" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RExNChTlZ9w&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><!--break--><!--break--></p><p> Watching these vlogs, what immediately came to mind for me was the difference between how I perceived these bloggers' written commentary and how I perceived the same bloggers in their videos. The very medium of the video blog seems to add a kind of uncertainty to what one is saying, especially when what's being said is done so informally. While my reaction to the vlogs doesn't necessarily affect how I view the website's written commentary, these video blogs do seem to undermine the assertiveness and confidence that characterizes the writing found on the website. This is not to knock the medium of the vlog - rather, I am interested in how those viewers and/or readers will react who are ambivalent to the site's core values (as opposed to those who come to the site already in agreement with its values). What kind of effect will this have?</p> http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/old/content/what-feminist-looks#comments Feminism Feministing visual argument Visual Rhetoric Vlogging Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:54:46 +0000 erinhurt 228 at http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/old