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://... 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 Team12:56 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://... 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).
really nice, helped lift my cynicism towards youtube vlogging from my shoulders
jzart(July 10, 2009 at 3:05 am)
It's like saying "UG" into a million dollar mic.
carlwe0(July 9, 2009 at 10:53 pm)
I couldn't find the 45:00 video on YouTube.Does anyone else know where I can find it?
JulioRVarela(July 8, 2009 at 2:17 am)
Fascinating and so insightful. I learned so much the paradox of our isolated connectedness. Kudos.
TimHelpsYou(July 7, 2009 at 3:30 pm)
but unfortunately not going to a quality school like those ones i saw on this video :(
TimHelpsYou(July 7, 2009 at 3:29 pm)
It's what I am doing :))
Aprinsa(July 7, 2009 at 1:49 pm)
sorry, that comment was for you. Go to school.
Aprinsa(July 7, 2009 at 1:48 pm)
Go to school.
foobarmax(July 7, 2009 at 1:34 pm)
Loved the video.Slightly disappointed in the end. I expected that the video would end with at least a rolling credit of all the users whose video clips have been integrated into this video.
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