waitaminutewaitaminutewaitaminute! Wait. A. Minute.
> There is an assumed "contract" between the blogger and the audience
> that what's there is in some way or another real. This is especially
> true in video, which is easy to manipulate but seems so real.
Contract? What assumed contract? There is no contract. There is no contract whether it is
video, text or photos. This is the internet. There can be no assumptions. I WISH there was
an assumed contract between a blogger and their audience. I like to *think* that I have
created such a space where what little audience I have feels that what I present is honest
and real, but there's no way as an audience member that *I* assume that the blogger/
vlogger I'm viewing has done the same. I don't think this makes me someone who lacks
trust, I think this makes me a conscientous consumer. I take what I see at face value and if
it ellicits an emotional response--then that's what it does. I rather hope that it does.
> When a blog is fiction, it's best to identify it as such.
I agree with you, there.
> More importantly is when a blog blurs the line between fiction and
> non-fiction. For instance, when Kevin uses his real name but vlogs his
> fake death. That's.... not right, somehow.
I pretty much agree with you there, too. Somehow, the idea creeps me out.
> You are fascinated by the reactions because you were not manipulated.
> Kevin is your student and you know he's okay.
Ahhh...but I'm fascinated by the reactions, too and I wasn't manipulated, AND I don't know
this kid and I wasn't entirely sure he was okay.
...
< Hopefully nobody had the opportunity to lose sleep over this.
I might, just because it was all sort of creepy. Not because my emotions were manipulated
or I was deeply worried about whether it was all real or not
...
> But one might ask: has Kevin never been in an online community before? Does he
> not know about this kind of BS and how little it's appreciated or
> tolerated on the net? And are we seriously still "exploring" this as
> if it were somehow new? This isn't new--
Look, I don't think a "sense of community" would stop someone from posting the kind of
material that this guy posted. In fact, if it had instead been someone from this list,
someone "we" all "knew" who posted this, and called it an "experiment" or called it--look
out!-- "art" there would be a lot less outcry about it. It may have even gotten heaped with
praise and called "innovative". This wasn't BS: this was an assignment.
Bekah
(of course, all my videos and text posts are nothing but true and reflect my honest and
very real feelings about absolutely everything...I want to make sure that's perfectly clear.
Trust me.)
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