Hi Dear Folk,
I have a technical question to ask. I showed my son a You Tube video of a person I subscribe to on You Tube and said how much I like the way she presents her podcasts. In fact in the title it calls the program a podcast.
Now my son said strictly speaking that is not a Podcast but a Vlog because it is visual and audio, podcasts are only audio. But I have noticed that a number of people on You Tube, call it and have it in their very title that it is a podcast.
So what is the consensus? Is it strictly speaking as my son says a Vlog, or is it a Podcast or can one loosely call it a podcast, or does it matter?
My son majored in photography, film and visual media, so I feel technically he is right. But if the majority of people call it a podcast then by doing so that becomes the predominant way of referring to such a media.
For example in the UK we never say I'm going to Vacuum the house, we say I'm going to Hoover the house. If one was being truly technical Vacuum would be the correct terminology.
So this is my conundrum of word usage. Please give me your input. I would like your thoughts.
Thank you,
Christine
I have a technical question to ask. I showed my son a You Tube video of a person I subscribe to on You Tube and said how much I like the way she presents her podcasts. In fact in the title it calls the program a podcast.
Now my son said strictly speaking that is not a Podcast but a Vlog because it is visual and audio, podcasts are only audio. But I have noticed that a number of people on You Tube, call it and have it in their very title that it is a podcast.
So what is the consensus? Is it strictly speaking as my son says a Vlog, or is it a Podcast or can one loosely call it a podcast, or does it matter?
My son majored in photography, film and visual media, so I feel technically he is right. But if the majority of people call it a podcast then by doing so that becomes the predominant way of referring to such a media.
For example in the UK we never say I'm going to Vacuum the house, we say I'm going to Hoover the house. If one was being truly technical Vacuum would be the correct terminology.
So this is my conundrum of word usage. Please give me your input. I would like your thoughts.
Thank you,
Christine
So many differences between UK and US language. Different again in NZ and Australia.
ReplyDeleteAs for vlog and podcasts, I have noticed that both are commonly used and wondered myself about the difference in meaning.
I call them podcasts too as I generally don't watch them, but listen as I am doing other things, but technically I think they are called Vlogs. Either was there are a few I really enjoy.
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