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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.net 0:00 Introduction, YouTube's Big Numbers 2:00 Numa Numa and the Celebration of Webcams 5:53 The Machine is Us/ing Us and the New Mediascape 12:16 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 community 19:15 Understanding new forms of community through Participant Observation 21:18 YouTube as a medium for community 23:00 Our first vlogs 25:00 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 Lovers 29:53 Aesthetic Arrest 30:25 Connection without Constraint 32:35 Free Hugs: A hero for our mediated culture 34:02 YouTube Drama: Striving for popularity 34:55 An early star: emokid21ohio 36:55 YouTube's Anthenticity Crisis: the story of LonelyGirl15 39:50 Reflections on Authenticity 41:54 Gaming the system / Exposing the System 43:37 Seriously Playful Participatory Media Culture (featuring Us by blimvisible: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... 47:32 Networked Production: The Collab. MadV's "The Message" and the message of YouTube 49:29 Poem: The Little Glass Dot, The Eyes of the World 51:15 Conclusion by bnessel1973 52:50 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
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Tags: anthropology  digital  ethnography  ksudigg  presentation  YouTube  

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hippycatUK (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Inspirational
sandiggidy (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
This is a must watch for anyone who has ever been to youtube.
myhausmexico (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Excelente análisis del fenómeno social en internet, youtube es el ojo detrás de la vida 2.0
2008javvier (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
dios mio un video de 55 min y medio dios santo no se como no se cansa
devigne (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
this put everything in context, thanks :) I'm not sure if you've already done so, but I can definitely picture this lecture at TED.
PeteMP1992 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
55 minutes. I thought an introduction to YT might be as long as its average videos and about 3 minutes.
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HisManifest (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
That totally restructured my thinking.
HisManifest (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
39:00
kiannaluv21 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I wish I was At that meeting looks so cool sooo many boring meetings and here's one I'd be wide awake at!

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