The
literary art world is beginning to shift from the pages of novels to tabs on
the internet, a topic we have addressed in this class by creating our
blogs. But it doesn’t stop there. In the genre of food and travel, vlogging
(video blogging) has become the new craze.
In this article from the LA Times, it discusses initiatives taken by
online video organizations such as YouTube’s Next Chef to make this transition
from written word to vlogging happen. As
the article discusses, YouTube has tried to become less of a site for random
and strange videos but rather a cultural gathering for people to connect.
While the example in the article
deals with shows more about cooking than dialogue, the popular vlogger Hannah
Hart of the YouTube channel “My Drunk Kitchen” gains her appeal less through
her ability to cook and more through her charming personality and the way it
relates to food and drink. More
information on Hannah can be found here.
Hannah sees vlogging as an opportunity to connect with others in the
YouTube community through the venue of food and drink. Her hilarious commentary through the food
making process is reminiscent of the food and travel writers we have read from
so far in this course.
Thanks for these thoughts Emma - I'm fascinated by the food blogging/vlogging craze. Sometimes I get overwhelmed thinking about the sheer number of food blogs that exist. In searching for a recipe I will find links to countless wealths of information on an amazing variety of visually appealing food/writing/photography blogs. Social media is clogged with artsy-food photos and innovative recipes, and like the article says, you can find a how to video on almost any cooking technique.
ReplyDeleteHowever, it doesn't seem like all of this media food-hype has translated in more people actually cooking. The average American still doesn't "have time" to prepare their own food. But I think we want to. Does scrolling through endless pages of food-bordering-on-art photos somehow satisfy a desire to be connected with our food?
I agree with Katherine and am fascinated with how something like food could be translated to the Internet. In addition to blogging and vlogging, I wonder how aspects of social media, such as Instagrams of food plays a role in this. Many parts of our everyday life, including communication and reading, have been translated to the Internet. It scares me that people may be trying to transport the experience of eating food to the Internet as well.
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