February 23, 2008
Web TV Celebs
Great article from The Guardian on the new Web TV celebs from DiggNation, RocketBoom, boingboingTV...
... The new wave web stars come from different places and have different aims, but on one thing they are unanimous - the intimacy of the medium.
... Is a sense of connection - either with the web stars or with each other - what viewers find appealing about these shows? DigNation's Alex Albrecht, believes so — at least when the mainstream popular culture is so anodyne and uniform and young people are looking for new tribes.
... Another theory about why it is easier to connect with viewers using internet video: "When you watch TV, you're seven feet away and sitting back. But when you watch on your iPod or your laptop, it's only inches away or you're holding it in your hands.
... The video boom is similar to the growth of young British music, where artists such as the Arctic Monkeys and Kate Nash are often seen as the products of MySpace. But these new TV stars are building their support out of the structure of the internet itself. Things are still in flux, however, and even those who might be the TV stars of tomorrow don't know what tomorrow will look like."
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