New Forms of Media Publishing


Moblog

Mobile blog or known as Moblog is a form of new media publishing these days. With Moblog, bloggers are able to update their blog when they are away from the Internet to keep their readers updated. An example of blog that can turn into a Moblog would be Blogger (Turn any blog into a moblog - just like that! 2004). Issues concerning this newest trend would be publishing false pictures that causes huge misunderstandings among the society. For example, the Mongolian murder case that arises an impact towards Malaysia political institution. A picture of Altantantuya together with Malaysia Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Najib Razak and Razak Baginda was clearly manipulated using a photo editing software by the public were posted on a blog and linked to other blogs as well, where it drew large attention to all sort of criticism (Politics 101 Malaysia 2007).

An online Moblog Community website
(Sourced from: http://notionage.com/showcase/images/showcase_LionsMoblog.jpg)


Vlog
Another new form of media publishing that is widely used is Vlog. Vlog simply stands for video blog. A Vlog consist of video streaming community where communities are able share videos with each other. An example of a successful Vblog would be YouTube. One of the many reasons why Youtube is gaining popularity is because it provide users with wide range of videos and easy browsing feature (Why YouTube Works 2006). Other than that, YouTube serves a role in the political constitution where election candidates in America publishes relevant videos of their political point of view to draw and to convince their potential voters (Jarvis 2007). Youtube provide an official channel especially for 2008 United States presidential election (O’hear 2007).

Obama political campaign on Youtube
(Sourced from: http://youtube.com/user/BarackObamadotcom)


One of Barrack Obama's video posted on YouTube
(Sourced from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acI9u-6I8bs)


Reference List
Jarvis, J 2007, Guardian Column: The YouTube Campaign, online, retrieved on 2 May 2008, from http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/01/29/guardian-column-the-youtube-campaign/

O’hear, S 2007, Fox News on Second Life; YouTube Presidential Campaign; Explode Adds New Features; and More, online, retrieved on 2 May 2008, from http://blogs.zdnet.com/social/?p=105

Politics 101 Malaysia 2007, The Mystery Altantuya-Najib-Abdul Razak photo, online, retrieved 2 May 2008, from http://www.tianchua.net/en/2007/07/02/french-dinner-for-3/
Turn any blog into a moblog - just like that! 2004, online, retrieved May 2 2008, from http://blog.flickr.net/2004/07/06/turn-any-blog-into-a-moblog-just-like-that/

Why YouTube Works 2006, online, retrieved 2 May 2008, from http://www.unsoughtinput.com/index.php/2006/08/21/why-youtube-works/

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