IJSRP, Volume 8, Issue 8, August 2018 Edition [ISSN 2250-3153]
Ponco Budi Sulistyo
Abstract:
One communication activity through cyberspace, or more precisely called social media, is to upload videos through social media blogs or social media video content such as Youtube or Instagram. This communication activity is commonly referred to as video blogging or shortened to vlogging. This study used qualitative descriptive method by interviewing teenagers as social media users and actively uploads videos on their social media accounts. The results show that the factors behind their vlogging activity is to share, share the experiences and the information about culinary, follow the trend, to be exist and use vlog as a platform of online business. The activity they are most excited about is uploading a video to educate the audience. Meanwhile, they create their ideas by optimizing the quality of its content and visual. In addition to uploading videos to Instagram and Youtube, teenagers also like in reading the comments from their viewers and watching the video that uploaded by the other vloggers.