An anthropological introduction to YouTube

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: 601580

Tags: anthropology digital ethnography ksudigg presentation YouTube

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AnthropologyIsGay (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

And Fazzino is a douche. Fuck you UAF.Also cocks

peterclay999 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

wow, when my friend sent me a 55 minute video, I gave him a hard time, saying I would never watch it... I did... very cool!!! It even has applications towards my job!

neolusion1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

thank you Prof.mwesch, you provided a very good subject matter for research, I'am studying in UK from Malaysia in Film studies. It is very interesting just by this post you voluntarily became my lecture, that plays a part in my education. great insights

Singingbelle27 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Wow That was awesome.I do think an anthropological point can be made regarding people like myself who do not own a video camera of any kind, and are meerly watchers and 'favorite'ers, forced to reply only in the 'text comments' box... A purer YouTube audience?Just my thoughts :)

levilisko (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

really insightful video

jobortszz (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

holy shit this is the longest video in youtube awesome

prodigy00073 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Im doing an assignment on this video :)

MuggleSam (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Amazing! I feel like doing the Numa Numa dance now :)

jagaarj (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I'm from Mongolia. That was great presentation. I'm gonna prepare presentation like this at my school Mongolian Computer science management school. Thk you very much. Dr.wesch

bienbuon (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Excellent Presentation

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