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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=_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)

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Comments to “An anthropological introduction to YouTube”

  1. Melanee Says:
    your a genius, thank you
  2. Asia Says:
    55 minutesz1!!!
  3. Jered Says:
    wod mornigc
  4. Deann Says:
    Wow I watched the whole thing. Amazing
  5. Michella Says:
    And Fazzino is a douche. Fuck you UAF. Also cocks
  6. Charlynn Says:
    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!
  7. Lorene Says:
    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
  8. EDLIN Says:
    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 :)
  9. Chelsey Says:
    really insightful video
  10. AngelLena Says:
    holy shit this is the longest video in youtube awesome
  11. ITZIK Says:
    Im doing an assignment on this video :)
  12. SYNA Says:
    Amazing! I feel like doing the Numa Numa dance now :)
  13. XIANG Says:
    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
  14. Warley Says:
    Excellent Presentation
  15. Destinie Says:
    There will be a day when history is made faster then we can preceed it! well, that day as came. F. Loyd Wright as predicted a sistems of villages in a great net. WRight on! But you're completly right, de sistem and amplitude of relations IS changing. Good luck in your findings!
  16. Belle Says:
    this was really long
  17. Ayashe Says:
    hey quick question, this is for anthropology but how do you guys think youtube, specifically the comment area is significant to the youtube experience i mean do you anticipate reading other ppl's comments? or getting into discussion?
  18. Linden Says:
    this is an amazing piece of work thanks to Dr Wesch and the other students for all the hard work put into making this. i've learnt so much :)
  19. HUGH Says:
    56 min OMG the first video that I see thst last 56!
  20. Darah Says:
    Not the biggest there is a video that is 76 minutes.
  21. DAMIS Says:
    Interesting video. Sounds like an homage to youtube. A shame it's not translated
  22. KRASAVA Says:
    beautiful
  23. ZEFIRYNA Says:
    I watched it all the way thru [thank god for the holiday and the illusion of free time], this piece of work is amazing.
  24. THEODORA Says:
    55 min video!?!?!?!
  25. Berakhiah Says:
    Youtube opened a door with infinite possibilities for the future.. the future will tell.

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