The BBC made a brilliant spoof series on becoming a YouTube vlogger called 'Pls Like'. The whole thing is available on YouTube to watch (not geo-blocked as far I know). It's 6 episodes of 15 mins each.
No matter which country you're from, you'll recognise all the vlogger types in the series: the lifestyle vlogger, the fashion vlogger, the prankster etc. It actually touches on a lot of the issues in the Guardian article: the need for views, the pressure to make content 'viral', sponsored content, rivalry between vloggers. It's all done with a lot of humour while highlighting these issues.
I thoroughly recommend it (and in case you are wondering, the vloggers are all actors, not real vloggers):
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If you need a chaser after this, I can recommend "Pls Like" - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p06l2nvb/pls-like
The BBC made a brilliant spoof series on becoming a YouTube vlogger called 'Pls Like'. The whole thing is available on YouTube to watch (not geo-blocked as far I know). It's 6 episodes of 15 mins each.
No matter which country you're from, you'll recognise all the vlogger types in the series: the lifestyle vlogger, the fashion vlogger, the prankster etc. It actually touches on a lot of the issues in the Guardian article: the need for views, the pressure to make content 'viral', sponsored content, rivalry between vloggers. It's all done with a lot of humour while highlighting these issues.
I thoroughly recommend it (and in case you are wondering, the vloggers are all actors, not real vloggers):
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL64ScZt2I7wFF538Kn0TRqDyv2TbNuemk