Web Video is a 'Different Kind of Medium'
At Internet Week NY, media people discussed the rise of web video and how news organizations are trying to leverage the new medium.
In an Internet Week panel hosted by Vice this morning, media people got together to discuss the rise of online video. “Digital video is a different kind of medium, said Richard Wolffe, executive editor of msnbc.com. “The video experience on devices is much more immersive, much more immediate.”
Perhaps those qualities are what attracts the younger generation towards the medium. Moderator Duy Linh Tu, professor and director of digital media at Columbia University, marveled at how Vice is able to get a 15-year-old to watch a video about Syria.
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