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both students' attitudes towards vlogging if it were to be used in education and by identifying

the content categories most often watched, as well as the frequency with which students
watch vlogs.

From the research results, we found that students tend to follow three categories of vlog
content: humorous, educational and personal. We compared the viewing of the other vlog

categories and concluded that female students are more interested in vlogs with beauty as a
topic than male students whereas male students are more interested in news/news-type vlog

content compared to female students. Regarding the use of vlogging in education, students

took a positive attitude and claimed that they would like to watch educational vlogs in
lectures/seminars. However, students are not very comfortable preparing material in front of

the video camera. This can also be explained by the fact that most students who participated
in this research claimed that they had never created a vlog and did not intend to vlog in the

future.

In conclusion, we can argue that vlogging has a positive impact on students in terms of its

use in the education process as it can influence young people's perception of certain areas in
a good and attractive way by helping and encouraging them to express their opinions freely.

However, this phenomenon can also have a negative influence because not always are the
ideas conveyed by vloggers intended to educate and not always are the posts based on ethics.

8. References

Andymooseman. (2008). What is a vlog? [video]. Retrieved from:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzMZf-xS8Zs

Anil, B. (2016). Top-Up Students Second Language Talk Time through Vlogs. Indonesian
Journal of EFL and Linguistics, 1(2), 129-143.

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