Autoethnography of YouTube lifestyle vlogs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FND93ljeJg Below is my full research report, including a transcript of the portion recorded in the video. [Start of video portion] Hello everyone! Welcome to my final research report for our subject studying media ethnographies. We are exploring this concept by investigating a media niche of our choice that we already regularly engage with. And …

peer comments

https://youtu.be/UiDUBwNdCKM Transcript: Our final post for BCM241 is another chance to review our fellow students’ project beta updates.  Let’s get into it! My first comment was on Alana’s bookstagram project, using the social impact framework to analyse her engagement with the media niche as a consumer and producing her own original content as well. She …

generation beta

https://youtu.be/5wgfjOzfGEA Integrating knowledge from BCM241 The background reading in the earlier part of the semester introduced some of the key epistemological concepts driving autoethnography as a research method and the various ways it’s been used in research. I was then able integrate this understanding to drive the development of my own digital artefact in a …

the bigger picture needs the right frame(work)

Breaking down the key epiphanies I introduced last week allows for an extended critical analysis of my autoethnographic experience in watching YouTube lifestyle vlogs and application of some critical theories. These were: Epiphany 1: I particularly look for vlogs to watch when I do mundane house chores e.g. folding laundry, washing dishes, to set the vibeEpiphany …

third epiphany’s the charm

https://soundcloud.com/user-331464458/blog-4-audio/s-KTcwDuETvky?si=333553a4810e4d6daf586daeafe8c3b3 At this point in the semester, we’re diving deep into our autoethnographic research into our experience as a participant audience member of our chosen media niche.  I started to record my field notes in earnest of my experience as an audience member in watching lifestyle vlogs on YouTube. These were written in a very …

learning through feedback

My first comment was to Liridona and Alexia and their podcast project on living in an ethnic household. My next comment was for Rebekah’s research in doodle dog (dogs with a poodle cross) influencers on Instagram and how personas are developed, particularly through a level of anthropomorphism. My final comment was for Gracie’s research in …

vlog n’ roll

https://youtu.be/W4Qehfym3e8 As described in my pitch video, I will be conducting an autoethnographic research project in the media niche lifestyle vlogging, primarily on YouTube, as well as an accompanying Instagram account of related content. The full field site is mapped in my previous blog post. Developing my online persona is framed through Moore, Barbour and …

put on your thinking map

This week we're diving deeper into the details of ethnography with a focus on observation and autoethnography. Observation is obviously a well-established and foundational part of research and our readings this week emphasise the importance of making observations with an analytic framework, knowing that we'll be using these observations and ethnographic research with the goal …

you can teach an old vlog new tricks

https://youtu.be/w8JCP_7OzI0 Introduction: 10:58 I thought I’d try something different for blogs that usually accompany any kind of digital artefact/major project we do in Communications and Media. For this subject, Media Ethnographies, we need to post blogs that integrates some of the academic learning we’re doing about ethnography, the history of it, the principles behind ethnographic …