New Forms of Media Publishing

Newest Trends
The new forms of media publishing that people are into these days are Photolog and Vlog. One of the famous photolog website is fotolog and for vlog, of course the ever infamous youtube. However we have to ask ourselves what are the benefits and issues surrounding these two newest trends.

Vlog

• Benefits - Youtube is a well known vlog in the Wold Wide Web. According to squidoo.com, some of the benefits of youtube is that you can upload videos that allow other other web users to either watch the videos online or download it to their own computer. The greatest benefit is that it is free.
  

• Downside - Though youtube is considered as beneficial to web users but it is not to some companies. Youtube faces a lot of problems dealing with copyright. BBC news (2007) reported that several companies are suing youtube over copyright issues. As reported in the BBC News last year, Viacom which is a company that owns MTV and Nickelodeon, is suing youtube for publishing Viacom's show illegally. A lot of companies are losing money and worried of their existence.

(source from: http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/15/1352207&tid=95&tid=14)

publishing videos without the permission of the owner

Moblog

• Benefits - The benefit of having photolog is that it allows internet users to share photos with their families and friends online. Therefore they can keep in contact and maintain their relationships.
  

• Downside - The down side of it is that some of the photos you can't distinguish whether it is authentic or fake. According to The Reuters Photo Scandal website, internet users can be mislead by what is presented in the photos. There has been a lot of issues regarding photos that had been edited using photoshop software. Photos can be alter by either combining two photos into one, changing its colours and pixels resolution and even enhancing an element in the photos. Adnan Hajj is a freelance photographer who got into trouble for editing the original photos.
  

(source from: http://www.edwincarter.me.uk/theory/photos/bb/GiantCat2E.jpg)

an element in the photo was edited

Reference List;
1. Benefits of Registering with YouTube 2008, Squidoo.com, viewed in 1 May 2008, at 2008http://www.squidoo.com/Benefits_of_Registering_With_YouTube

2. Streaming Future for Internet Users 2007, BBC News, viewed in 1 May 2008, at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/7017794.stm

3. The Reuters Photo Scandal 2006, zombietime.com, viewed in 1 May 2008, at http://www.zombietime.com/reuters_photo_fraud/

4. Viacom will sue YouTube for $1bil 2007, BBC News, viewed in 1 May 2008, at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6446193.stm