What is the new form of media publishing?

What comes into a person’s mind when we are talking about online video? The answer is Youtube. Youtube is the leader of online video and it is the medium of watching and sharing video worldwide since it started back in year 2005 (Youtube.com 2008). It is an ideal medium for people who love to watch videos and stay updated on current issues which happen not only locally but internationally. I tend to watch America’s television programme using YouTube, as it is convenient and the time for loading is fast compare to downloading the programme entirely, which I have to wait for hours.

There are few examples of video which have millions of people viewed. One of the video which has created a big hit was Marie Digby video cover of ‘Rihanna’ “Umbrella”, with approximately 20,000 viewers per day, and she eventually able to acquire attention from viewers and potential record company by singing with a unique voice and now she is a singer under Hollywood Records (Marie Digby Online 2008).

Marie Digby video in YouTube


However, YouTube had alleged in hosting inappropriate video which insults the Thai King, in which Thai viewers are so mad at the whole situation, as their culture illustrate a high reverence towards their King. Therefore, in order to solve that problem, YouTube has removed all the related videos in order to carry out their ethical responsibilities (Jones 2007).

Therefore, the new form of media such as YouTube, have its benefits and also its drawback, but it will still be the most effective medium to share videos for both entertainment and knowledge purposes. Therefore, YouTube should developed their system towards safety circumstances, where else everybody are able to view videos which suitable for all ages.

Reference list

Jones, A, EContent: Digital Content Strategies & Resources, YouTube’s Legal Issue Grow, viewed at 5th May 2008,
<http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticleReader.aspx?ArticleID=39887>


Marie Digby Online 2008, Who is Marie Digby, viewed at 5th May 2008,
<http://marie-digby.org/>

YouTube: Broadcast Yourself 2008, Company History, viewed at 4th May 2008,
<http://www.youtube.com/t/about>
=39887>

Online vs Print Document

Online document and printing document are two different genre of document. Printing document is tangible, which we are able to get hold of it and it is uses the conventional method to produce its document. Where else, online document are intangible which only can set eyes on and uses the latest technology and modern features in designing its document.

Print document, Cosmolitan Magazine

Online Documet, Cosmopolitan's Website

“If a website is not easy to use, people simply leave

Jakob Nielsen

Consequently, both medium are dissimilar and has its own advantages. Print document is arranged in a linear form and appear to be more “discipline”, as all text and images are arranged in a proper sequence, so readers have to read according to the way it designed, in which their reading path are restricted. Where else, online document encourage scanning and skipping as there are many reading path, and it is less strictly coded, whereby many subhead, pictures and diagram are available in the website (Kress & Leeuwen 1998). According to Nielsen (1997), 79% of test users scan any new page they came across by just selecting the relevant key points and only 16% of test users reads word by word.

Generally, both medium has its own benefits. Therefore, I would not choose one as of the other. As personally I felt that both medium used to cater different types of audience base, people above 50 years old prefers print document as they are not as tech savvy compare to the younger generation.

Reference list

Kress, G. & van Leeuwen, T. 1998. “The meaning of composition”

Nielsen, J 1997, Useit.com, How Users Read On the Web, viewed at 5th May 2008,
<http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9710a.html>

Classification of ‘Blog’

Blog is a form of communication which combines text, images, video and links to other blogs. Different types of blogs are created to cater a specific group or audience, as every individual have their own taste and preferences.

Types of blog

· Politics blog
http://blog.limkitsiang.com/

· Fashion blog
http://www.bamboostereo.blogspot.com/

· Technology
http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/

· Entertainment blog
http://perezhilton.com/

· Travel blog
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/blogs/travel_blog/

There are several type of blog’s device, such as linklog, vlog and moblog. Yet, moblog is the most widely device, especially in Japan every phone sold during this year are all 3G handsets, so bloggers are able to upload picture directly from their phone and upload it to their blog, which makes blogging in a much easier way (Zeman 2008).

Moblog, the current trend

What type of elements will you look into a blog with many combinations of styles?

Well, each individual will choose a certain genre of blog according to their preferences, as for me I will look into the title of the blog follow by its content to select the information that I prefer. For example, sketch log are blog that are publish in a form artwork which the owner aspire to share the artwork and to demonstrate the talent they have among others, as we can see it in eversedelusion.com

Image from eversedelusion.com

What are blogging communities?

There are several well known blogging communities such as Myspace blogs, Friendster blogs and Facebook blogs which provide a place and modern features for people who shared the same interest to discuss the certain topic. How to achieve blog traffic? There are several steps to follow in order to build blog traffic. So, to achieve credibility facts in a blog, just simply link it to reliable sources. Moreover, by using interactive tools such as chat box and comment box, it will enable readers to leave comment or suggestion towards the topic and it eventually has form in an interactive way, where the blogger as well as readers are able to discuss extensively against a certain topic (Yoskovitz 2007).

Current blogging community trend

Which television programme is currently has the most number of viewers in the United States? It is the American Idol. Therefore, american.idolblog.com is a blog which viewers are able to make comment and discuss about the latest elimination and favourite contestant.

Reference List

Yoskovitz, B 2007, Instigator blog, 8 Steps to Growing Your Blog Community One Person At a time, viewed at 3rd May 2008,
<http://www.instigatorblog.com/8-steps-to-growing-your-blog-community-by-1/2007/01/09/>

Zeman, E 2008, The Information Week, In Japan There Are No More 2G Phones, viewed at 4th May 2008,
<http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/03/in_japan_there.html?

The current phenomenon of “blogs”

Size of the Blogosphere

According to Sifry (2006), which is the founder and CEO of Technorati, stated that the blogosphere is doubling in size every 200 days and estimated about 175,000 weblogs are created each day, which means that approximately 2 blogs are created each second per day. Now, we are able to visualise how “BIG” the blogosphere is.

Technorati 2008

What are the current trends in Europe, Asia & Malaysia?

Different geographical area has different types of blog’s trend. In Malaysia, approximately 81% of people prefer to read social blog, as they prefer to acquire updated information of their related members through blog, as it is a medium of communication which is able to be real-time, personal and intimate, (Microsoft 2006). The most viewed social blog in Malaysia goes to Kennysia.com (Sabahan.com 2008).

"Japanese language" the most widely used

What types of blogs are prevalent in Europe, Asia & Malaysia?

In Japan, the most prevalent blog would be photo blog, as many bloggers in Japan uses pictures more than words in their blog. For example, Killian-nakamura is one of the blog which introduces the latest information regarding the new and innovative product and the latest trend in Japan (CSCOUT Japan). According to Hung (2007), Japanese language is the most widely used language in the blogosphere which accounted for 37% while English only accounted for 31%. Therefore, it shows how significant are Japanese blogs compared to the others.

What are the benefits?

Blogging is a medium which allows us to write freely without any restrictions, which we are able to gain freedom of speech from it. Other than that, according to Personal Money (2005), Liew Cheon Fong, Malaysia’s full time blogger are able to generate RM31, 000 per month from blogging. All in all, social blogs are the key channels of communication towards the community of Malaysia as they are able to communicate, entertained and obtain the updated information of their family and friends (Microsoft 2006).

Reference List

CSCOUT Japan: Global Trend Research 2008, viewed at 3rd May 2008,
<http://www.kilian-nakamura.com/blog-english/>

Hung, T. 2007, Blog Herald: The Blogosphere Latest Daily, viewed at 3rd May 2008,
<http://www.blogherald.com/2007/03/05/irrasshaimase-blogherald-japan-debuts/>

Microsoft Malaysia 2006, Women Rule in Malaysian Blogosphere, viewed at 1st May 2008,
<http://www.microsoft.com/malaysia/press/archive2006/linkpage4337.mspx>

Sabahan.com 2008, 50 Most Influential Blogs in Malaysia, Viewed on 7th May 2008,
<http://www.sabahan.com/2007/02/06/50-most-influential-blogs-in-malaysia/>

Sifry’s , D. 2006, State of Blogosphere, viewed at 29th April 2008,
<http://www.sifry.com/alerts/archives/000436.html>

Tan, S.Z 2005, ‘Making Money on the Net, Personal Money, vol.31, November issue, pp.31-32.

The purpose of this Blog

"Everyone is blogging"

In today’s new emergence of technology and medium of communication, internet has become an important element in which many people use it to get hold of the latest information and also as a form of communication, especially with the commencing of blog, everyone is blogging. Therefore, this blog was created to discuss the issues in publication and document designs and I will relate theories of publication and document design into this work blog, in order to help my readers to have better understanding towards this topic. So, I hope that students as well as professional bodies in designing fields view my blog regularly to obtain more information regarding this topic.