Featuring place in Singapore hotel quarantine vlogs

Getting to know a place, one often learns about its geographical location and composition as well as its history and representation. Through vlogs (video blogs), we can learn about a place in a dynamic format. In this instance, place is both the site of interest and a setting for vloggers to express a personal opinion. In addition, how the place is featured and used in the video adds to the visual complexity. By focusing on the case of Singapore and its mandatory Stay-at-Home Notice (SHN) that required quarantined hotel stays during the COVID-19 pandemic, we indicate how contemporary circumstances can give rise to new issues for information sharing about a country. While the intention was to share information about a place, the vlogs became informational sources about Singapore and how it dealt with visitors, as well as how vloggers use place (in this case their hotel room) to reveal spaces of confinement and isolation.