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An anthropological introduction to YouTube

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presented at the Library of Congress, June 23rd 2008. This was tons of fun to present. I decided to forgo the PowerPoint and instead worked with students to prepare over 40 minutes of video for the 55 minute presentation. This is the result.more info: http://mediatedcultures.net0:0... Introduction, YouTube's Big Numbers2:00 Numa Numa and the Celebration of Webcams5:53 The Machine is Us/ing Us and the New Mediascape12:16 Introducing our Research Team 12:56 Who is on YouTube?13:25 What's on Youtube? Charlie Bit My Finger, Soulja Boy, etc.17:04 5% of vids are personal vlogs addressed to the YouTube community, Why?17:30 YouTube in context. The loss of community and "networked individualism" (Wellman)18:41 Cultural Inversion: individualism and community19:15 Understanding new forms of community through Participant Observation21:18 YouTube as a medium for community23:00 Our first vlogs25:00 The webcam: Everybody is watching where nobody is ("context collapse")26:05 Re-cognition and new forms of self-awareness (McLuhan)27:58 The Anonymity of Watching YouTube: Haters and Lovers29:53 Aesthetic Arrest30:25 Connection without Constraint32:35 Free Hugs: A hero for our mediated culture34:02 YouTube Drama: Striving for popularity34:55 An early star: emokid21ohio36:55 YouTube's Anthenticity Crisis: the story of LonelyGirl1539:50 Reflections on Authenticity41:54 Gaming the system / Exposing the System43:37 Seriously Playful Participatory Media Culture (featuring Us by blimvisible: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... Networked Production: The Collab. MadV's "The Message" and the message of YouTube49:29 Poem: The Little Glass Dot, The Eyes of the World51:15 Conclusion by bnessel197352:50 Dedication and Credits (Our Numa Numa dance)The Numa Numa quote is from *Douglas* Wolk (not Gary Wolk as I mistakenly said in the talk).

Channel: Education
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: mwesch

Length: 55:34
Rating: 4.86
Views: 720376

Tags: anthropology  digital  ethnography  ksudigg  presentation  YouTube  

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erict979 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I read about this in NY Times magazine at the work today and it smashed my expectations. Excellent work.
joseywalesgang (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Thanks. It's good to see that the Library of Congress recognizes how significant this change in communication really is. (I still like printed books too, though...)
nbbdownloadz (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
how do you get videos that long
Alias1EE7 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
you gotta start somewhere. Just curious what video editing software was used here?
yeahdavis (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
this video really spoke to me. got me to start posting some videos of my own....not many viewers yet though...
itgsweb (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Youtube and the web in general have liberalized our global society; whereas in WW II people where using hidden radio's to contact faint rogue broadcasts, this form of user generated content enables me, you, us, as a global community, to keep expressing opinion. The internet does not just allow freedom of expression, it hosts and promotes it, making sure that it will never fade. It is because you cannot stop it that it is so effective!An amazing invention.
socoolbob (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Did I miss something or did the embed permissions just change ... and then change again .... I'm glad you're back.YouTube Gold
wonkytrolley (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
watching this for 55 mins plus has made me feel spaced out, not used to such long vids on here. was entertaining, thanks.
EnelyaOronar (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
This is fabulous! I knew that picking YouTube as a focus for my dissertation research was a going to be fun!
SZF123456 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
let's think about this though; what about the double videos people upload, as in the videos that are on youtube twice because people just feel like posting them again for whatever reason? that's not exactly new content.

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