Episode 340: Video Killed The Internet Star
Ric Chetter - From Radioland
English - August 16, 2020 23:30 - 36 minutes - 49.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsComedy Music Music Interviews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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It is arguable whether The Buggles were anywhere near correct. To be fair, Viacom killed MTV, so there is that. Anyway, all the talk of Tik-Tok and other such video outlets has now led all of us down an interesting time line. First, there was Periscope, then along came Vine, Facebook video was coming along and now there is Instagram Reels. There is something they all have in common. First, they are all platforms for disposable video and the second is that they are not YouTube. Big differences here. In this episode, Ric takes you down this timeline and looks at the one psychological thing that is driving all of these platforms.
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