Added: Jul 26, 2008
From: mwesch
Duration: 55:34
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=_yxHKgQyGx0) 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
Tags: anthropology digital ethnography ksudigg presentation youtube
Rating: 4.87 (2198 ratings) Views: 694050' favoriteCount='4763 Comments: 25
13grandmothers Says:
Nov 23, 2008 - hola
wontonjd Says:
Nov 23, 2008 - why is it so long
AndreJansen85 Says:
Nov 24, 2008 - this video gives me a better view of what youtube is, and is becoming. very interesting! liked it very much!
marilyn69manson Says:
Nov 24, 2008 - lol my anthropology class in college is using this for a in class anthropology video and discussion topic. I enjoyed it quite a lot (class of about 160 here at UAF)
MSBach Says:
Nov 24, 2008 - Hey! Really interesting analysis. I was wondering if you've put some thought into what links people's selves as expressed on youtube and in 'physical' reality. I see this not so much in terms of genuine vs. spurious but more as a question about how youtube users juggle their multiple identities. You talk about the effects of the loss of social constraint through 'context collapse,' but maybe new constraints appear? Maybe elements are left over? Thanks again for the video!
indriti1234 Says:
Nov 25, 2008 - thank you ...like AndreJansen85 said this video gives me a better view of what youtube is cool
Daracus Says:
Nov 25, 2008 - I should definitely send this to my professors
superdude1205 Says:
Nov 25, 2008 - very good video, it kept me interested all the 55 minutes 8D
g093x Says:
Nov 25, 2008 - cool vid -)
bertkommerij Says:
Nov 26, 2008 - Micheal, who are you quoting on 4'17? I'd like to read more. Best from Amsterdam!
cosibiza Says:
Nov 26, 2008 - Fantastic work !
MrPacMan36 Says:
Nov 26, 2008 - ok, the Web 2.0 video, got me back here, but I think it was in 2006, thats when I first saw it, but didnt understand it at the time (too fast for me to understand) and guess how I found it at the time it was the first featured video for like 1 week, I remember watching it reach from 2,000 to 10,000 in one day after I watched it, I also asked how to get the song you played and u PMed me personally...
3GO3US Says:
Nov 26, 2008 - accidentally (youtube effect) i find this video, and i think is very interesting, maybe one of the most interesting videos here to understand sociological aspects of youtube...cool video subtitles in other lenguages needed!
3GO3US Says:
Nov 26, 2008 - but off course not all is positive about youtube, some negative aspects are missing here...anyway i like it.
reciever23 Says:
Nov 27, 2008 - haaaaaaaah r u don taking
Navaja1221 Says:
Nov 27, 2008 - This analysis spoke volumes to me. It reinforced my belief behind every video, every scandal, every phenomenon, and even every comment, there's a person longing to be heard. I should really show this to more people. :O
GuzmanTierno Says:
Nov 28, 2008 - Fantastic work !
socoolbob Says:
Nov 28, 2008 - True, True ô¿~
shukero Says:
Nov 28, 2008 - Very nice. I never thought of this community in that way. It's very interesting to see it through your eyes as well as other peoples eyes. well done.
hauwerine83 Says:
Nov 29, 2008 - This was absolutely fantastic! I'm an virtual anthropologist myself from Finland and this video gave me lots of inspiration!
SZF123456 Says:
Nov 30, 2008 - 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.
EnelyaOronar Says:
Dec 1, 2008 - This is fabulous! I knew that picking YouTube as a focus for my dissertation research was a going to be fun!
wonkytrolley Says:
Dec 1, 2008 - watching this for 55 mins plus has made me feel spaced out, not used to such long vids on here. was entertaining, thanks.
socoolbob Says:
Dec 1, 2008 - Did I miss something or did the embed permissions just change ... and then change again .... I'm glad you're back. YouTube Gold
Joszuaprocess Says:
Nov 23, 2008 - I read about this in NY Times magazine at the work today and it smashed my expectations. Excellent work.