In addition to the animals on YouTube

presented at the Library of Congress, 23 June 2008. It was to present a lot of fun. I decided the PowerPoint and instead worked with students to prepare more than 40 minutes of video for 55-minute presentation. This is the result. More info: 0 mediatedcultures.net launch, YouTube, 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 00:56 Who is on YouTube? 13:25 What is YouTube?Charlie bit my finger, Soulja Boy, etc. 17:04 5% of the videos are personal vlogs to the YouTube community, Why? 17:30 YouTube in context are. Loss of community and "network individualism" (Wellman) 18:41 Cultural Inversion: individualism and community 19:15 Understanding new forms of community through participatory observation 21:18 YouTube as a medium for community 23:00 Our first vlogs 25:00 Webcam: Each watch where nobody is (" context collapse ") 26:05 Re-cognition and newForms of self-awareness (McLuhan) 27:58 anonymity Watching YouTube: Haters and Lovers 29:53 Aesthetic Arrest 30:25 Connection without limitation 32:35 Free Hugs: A hero of our culture 34:02 YouTube Drama conveys: the attempt to the popularity of 34: 55 early star: YouTube emokid21ohio 36:55 Anthenticity crisis: the story of lonelygirl15 39:50 Reflections on Authenticity 41:54 Gaming System / Issue System 43:37 Seriously Playful Participatory Media Culture (featuring Us by...



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