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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).

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

Length: 55:34
Rating: 4.8979836
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Tags: YouTube  anthropology  presentation  ethnography  digital  ksudigg  

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Armoniam45 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
i loved it! Thank u! :)
qTyler50 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
at 29:30 lol i stare at people in real life all of the time...
NickGreyden (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Fantastic presentation! I hope this is still an ongoing study and we can get update results of it one day.
NLDVideos (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
moving, engaging account of what youtube is all about
PandasAreEatingMe (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
tl;dw
topem97 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
11:42 wow that facebook logo is REALLY old i remember that when i was trying to get people to move to facebook from myspace
MichaelScarn23 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
had to watch this for a class in preparation for a test....i thoroughly enjoyed it & now actually look forward to studying this superbowl weekend. thanks to everyone who contributed to the video!
crummy06 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
its neat to see the videos fro mthe beginning that we have know for such a long time, and the view count just sky rocket in this thing.
TheLBW11 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Only had to watch the first 10 min for my english and ended up watching the full video thank you. Some of the best english homework set.
sullivanva (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
It doesn't seem to register how insanely narcissistic this stuff is.


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