YouTube+Research

YouTube, being the site it is, contains thousands upon thousands of videos. However, as more people discovered this new means of communicating, some abused the power of it. YouTube was beginning to see more videos concerning ‘scammer-generated content’ and the numbers of those clips were growing. People found YouTube’s site the easiest way to come about these scam videos because it does not leave a text trail. More people were finding it easier to show this process and hide behind the camera, giving no allusions to their identity. There are still a number of these videos out there, but YouTube’s spokesman states: "We don't prescreen content, that's the key to our community. Fifteen hours of video uploaded every minute to YouTube. That's a staggering amount of user-generated content. We count on our community to know our community guidelines and flag content that violates the guidelines." Now, it is up to the numerous YouTube users to stop these identity thieves before that community of videos begins growing uncontrollably. INTERNET PUBLISHING & BROADCASTING “TechWeb.” //YouTube// //Wrestles With// //Scammer// //-Generated Content.//Newswire, March 2009. Web. 22 Oct. 2009. Ashleigh Cervantes

[] The video “Reasons Why We Tube” by Seiji Ikeda talks about the various reasons why people use youtube, and video blog their life. Many viewers are watching video’s or making their own because how authentic youtube is. They claim that youtube is a place to escape reality one person says that, “it blurs the lines between reality and make believe, and that your escaping to other peoples reality’s so your not completely loosing yourself in reality. (Qtd in Ikeda) While other’s say that they are addicted to youtube.com, others say that they use it to become famous. The largest amount of youtube users that video blog say they use it to connect with other people. People use it to stay in touch with old friends, but it seems that the new phenomenon is to use youtube as a way of coping with personal things. Whether it is posting an encouraging video, or posting your feelings and getting them out there and letting people know that they are not the only ones going threw what they feel. But a lot of people use youtube or video blog because they say its fun, one user says that she use’s youtube to “memories, for the greatness, for the happy time and i youtube for you.” (Qtd in Ikeda) I really enjoyed this video because it helped me understand why people use youtube and the benefits behind it. I am looking forward to incorperate this video into my research.

Ikeda, Seiji. __Reasons Why We Tube.__ Video Blog. __www.youtube.com__ October 2, 2007

Lauren Keifer

Post links to articles, videos, or webpages that are useful to those of us who are studying YouTube. Or use the Discussion tab above to share ideas and thoughts about this research.
Jordyn Armstrong: In the web article, “Social Interaction and Co-Viewing With YouTube: Blending Mass Communication Reception and Social Connection,” many beneficial questions are answered. The two authors, Paul Haridakis and Gary Hanson, wrote about and researched the phenomenon of YouTube and explained why viewers use YouTube and why they watch and share videos. Their research was very useful, especially to me, because they finally explained, through various research and data tables, the main reasons why people use YouTube. This article was very in depth and contained a lot of different answers to specific questions. The main part of the article was about Uses and Gratifications which are the reasons why people use YouTube and the web. There was a section of the article that talked about the research done by Rubin and Rubin. It said that, "Rubin and Rubin argued that people can use media to satisfy interpersonal needs and use interpersonal communication to satisfy media-related needs” (p.3). The article went on to show how YouTube is used for things such as information and escape, but also for social interaction and a way to express feelings. YouTube is different than watching TV because YouTube is on the web, and it is very easy to access a certain video at any given time. People can instantly find something that provides a certain sensation they want to feel and be able to feel connected at the same time. Other factors that were found to influence what people use YouTube for are; social connections, psychological factors, sensation and locus control. Locus control is getting the control to watch (or do) whatever you want. YouTube provides all of these different factors and that is why YouTube has become so popular. Works Cited: Haridakis, Paul, and Gary Hanson. "Social Interaction and Co-Viewing With YouTube: Blending Mass Communication Reception and Social Connection." //Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media// 53.2 (2009): 317-335. __Academic Search Premier__. EBSCO. April 2009. 23 October 2009. [].

[|Bands using Youtube for advertisment] Taylor Doane Bands using youtube to share their music has made a stir with the music companies. Some like it and say it’s great, while others say it’s bad and shouldn’t be ok. The ones that say its ok like it cause millions of people can view their music and music videos. Also say there record sales have gone up. Companies don’t want it ok cause they don’t want to lose money. There afraid that sales will go down and their jobs will suffer. I feel like it’s a good idea to let them put their songs and music videos on cause people will see it then want to get it. A easy way for the bands to advertise their product without having to get someone to walk around, a commercial or ad in a magazine. It makes it easy to share and listen to different bands that wouldn’t have been 15 or 20 years ago. Also in other countries too, not only are they seeing the American bands and buying their songs but we can see theirs. You can look up music from China, Australia, India, ect by just typing it in and clicking search. Having your music heard by the whole world seems like a good way to sell your music. We can use this text to see how people have created a new way to sell and produce products. Not only bands but businesses, companies and other jobs. Its so easy to just sit in your office or at your house and work just like you would have if you went to the office. They can sell to millions of people and not have to worry about the cost of traveling. Nearly everyone uses the internet so it’s a perfect place to sell. This article can help us understand how music is used and advertised on the internet. http://torrentfreak.com/pirated-youtube-clip-boosts-bands-album-sales-090727/

[|Jackson Hoax Creates Online Stir] Jordyn Armstrong Jackson Hoax Creates Online Stir

The topic of this article was about a Michael Jackson hoax video that was released on the web. It was posted on YouTube by a German Broadcaster called RTL and in one day the views reached up to 888,000. The video showed what looked to be like Michael Jackson, hoping out of a coroner’s van and walking into a building. After the video was posted, everybody started to question whether or not Michael Jackson was actually still alive. The video ended up being taken off of YouTube, but the video had made its way around to other video websites. The main point of the article was to show how easy a fake video was able to make viewers believe that it was real. Mr. Schultz, the spokesman for RTL described the video as something that they tried to make look fake and “amateur.” The video was posted under an “anonymous source” but even that information didn’t make many people believe the video was not real. There were so many views for the video in one day, with everyone believing that Michael Jackson could possibly still be alive. I have seen this video and I will admit that I sort of believed Michael Jackson was possibly alive. The makers did a good job with trying to make the video look real, but in the end, when I look back at it, all it looks like is a hoax video. What surprised me the most was how many views the video received in one day and how so many people believed that it was actually Michael Jackson in the video. I also couldn’t believe how fast the video appeared on various video websites. This article brings up the question of how does one know what is real and what is not on YouTube? The girl, “Lonelygirl15” was an example of being “fake” when many people thought she was a real person. How many people on YouTube truly act themselves in their videos? This article could help research by diving more into the topic of identity crisis. []

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Kathy Peterson Throughout these years you tube has had a major imapact on many people. This article shows ten individuals and how you tube has made them famous. The author in this text is showing how youtube is a great website that can help you with your future and is showing how youtube has proved itself to be a great platform for people. The author has put together ten videos from each and everyone of these individuals and what made them so famous. First the author talks about a girl named Krina Grannis and a video of her and her singing. The singing helped her promote an entry to superbowl music competetion. Many people loved her singing and has made her very popular now. The same goes for Marie Digby, Amber Lee Ettinger, Esmee Denters, Brooke Brodack ( also a dancer), Adam Bahner, and Andy Mckee. These people have all beome famous from youtube in all different ways. Jessica Rose at first thought her video was a fake but she is now on the show 'Greek', a show about college students and drama. Lastly there is Liam Kyle Sullivan. Liam Kyle Sullivan has become a famous comedian from his video. He is also an actor and has been on Gilmore Girls, 8 Simple Rules, and also alias. In this article i asked myself, how do these people become so lucky and famous from the internet? Yes Youtube is just an internet site where you go to watch videos but thats not just it. As you can see youtube has made big potetntial for people. Thats what i find so interesting is that there are many ways to become famous. Its really cool that how all these people have become famous and didnt even know that they were going to be. They were just thinking about making a video and look where its gotten them.What i would like to know more about this, is how many people acutally have become famous becuase of Youtube not just these ten people. This site provides good support throughout these videos and it also talks a little bit about them which is more helpful to our own research.

 Obscure People Who Have Become Stars Through YouTube

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 Alyssa Turner This article talks about certain people that have become famous on YouTube that would usually be laughed at in real life. The article mentions the people Chris Crocker, Bo Burnham, Tom Dickson, and Liam Kyle Sullivan. Chris Crocker is a homosexual boy with flippy beach blonde hair that is notoriously famous for his YouTube video, “Leave Britney Alone.” He has been interviewed on talk shows, and he also has recently been signed up for his own reality show. Bo Burnham posts videos of himself singing his own songs and playing guitar. He eventually gathered up a large number of YouTube “cult” followers. Tom Dickson has become famous with his “Will it Blend” videos, where he blends many unsafe items. He has blended items like credit cards, golfballs, bic lighters, and even an iPhone! This man has become so famous from his videos episodes of “Will it Blend”, that the iPhone that he blended and a collection of his episodes on DVD sold for $901 on Ebay. Liam Kyle Sullivan was the creator of the video “Shoes.” In this video, he dresses up like a blonde valley-girl and named Kelly, and sings a song about shoes. The video has earned 17 million views. These people would normally be overlooked by mainstream Hollywood, but the people of YouTube have accepted them. A couple of questions were raised for me as a result of reading this text, which are “If I tried to become famous through Facebook, would it be possible?” Another question that I had was “Are these people eventually being paid for their YouTube videos?” What I found interesting about this text was that so many people try to break into Hollywood, but these people can easily find their fame on the Internet. I found it particularly confusing that these people are getting their own reality shows and are being interviewed on television. What I want to know more about is how these people got their crazy ideas for their videos. What we can make of this text is that celebrities can be formed on the web, not just in Hollywood.

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 * [|Analyzing the Societal Effects of YouTube] [|(Mike Tomin)]

YouTube came to the web back in 2005. In the past few years, YouTube has become one of the most popular sites on the net pulling in more than three million views a month. The internet is full of videos and YouTube has taken the arena by storm. YouTube has shown to be tool of many uses. As expressed by Daniel Margolis in his article “Analyzing the Societal Effects of YouTube”, he claims, “YouTube is proving the be a valuable research tool, as well as a medium for expression or documentation of aberrant behavior […] providing ordinary users a way to expose their content to millions of eyeballs immediately. YouTube provides us a space in which people can post stuff without the gatekeepers that have been associated with previous high-bandwith media.” Margolis goes on to discuss violence on YouTube, giving support and sharing evidence trying to determine if YouTube is a spark for violence or just a form of sharing the media containing violence. He also discusses divorce and how YouTube has given a new platform for people to be heard. Lastly he goes into the connection of Politics and YouTube, showing how certain forms of media would never have been shared without the use of YouTube. I feel this article was well written because it explains and supports both sides. The article gave support showing how YouTube is huge and how the college/highschool generation will be, “Open to getting what we consider television content via Youtube, and they would probably be comfortable getting other kinds of content via YouTube.” On the other hand it showed the viewpoint of the other side stating, “The camera’s presence during the assault and the intended destination of the footage being YouTube begs the question of whether the site served as a catalyst to violence.” This article would be very useful in research because it is not one sided. It could help someone looking for claims or ideas from both sides. Although it doesn’t go into too much detail about each claim, it would be a good article to use a start and then work off the claims that catch ones eye. For example, after reading the article I now feel that conducting more research into the connection between politics and YouTube as well as the effect of YouTube on politics would be something of benefit to me as well as the class. The article isn’t difficult to understand and contains very logical viewpoints and claims.

This article would be useful for someone starting out their research on the effects of YouTube or someone looking for ideas or claims supporting either side.

[|__Employers using Facebook to do background checks__] Kameran Malcolm This article explains that some employers use social networks to do background check on applicants and to see what employees are saying about them. Students think that only their friends can see what is in their Facebook and Myspace page; this is not true some employers use these networks to see if an applicant/employee is what they want. This is an invasion of privacy in some state and is illegal. This invasion of privacy makes people rethink what it is they are going to put on their page because they might get judged. I think you should be able to put what I want onto my page without fear of it affecting my chance of getting a job. This searching of people’s network and friends is also a violation of the terms and policies that you agree to when you join these networks. It also says that the internet is not the best tool to get a good picture or idea of what characteristics people have. The author of this article makes a great point, he says “Let me start out with the comment that, like it or not, as a general proposition employers are free to make unfair, stupid, arbitrary, and wrongheaded hiring and termination decisions, even based on false information, as long as in doing so they do not violate some specific law.” I personally think it is wrong of employers to us these networks because I think people use them to blow off some steam after a bad day. And these networks can have some very personal and intimate information in them. This makes me want to know: How does this happen? Why do they you this tool if they may not like the result? Who else is looking at my stuff? And how can I protect it? I find it very interesting that employers are able to get away with this because it is almost discriminating. This also connects to the personal censoring. You as a user are going to be able to censor everything and you don’t when talking to friends and employers shouldn’t be able to judge people because of what they say. What I find confusing is how they do it and the reason. It almost removes the need of an interview because you can just Google someone’s name and get all the information you need to see if they’re what you want. I would like to learn more about how people censor themselves and how it leads to the censoring of others. This text would help our research in the way that you never know whose watching and there for you never want to let just any one into your group. We could use this text as an example of how what you put on to your page on the internet can affect you in society.

[] Melanie Higgins This short article explains how Youtube defines social media. It is not just an example of social media, it is what the definition of social media claims to be. The author backs up this claim by explaining that Youtube is a place that people pick their own media, and “begin seeking out an audience where you can both contribute and learn at the same time. “ He also talks about how Youtube is a part of this Social Media revolution and businesses, and the workplace community as a whole has yet to catch up on what is happening. Apparently Youtube is clearing up this “revolution” for people because it is such a lucid example of social media. The author argues that once workers in businesses get over the curve of understanding what Youtube is, they will be able to grasp how to survive in this fast changing, internet world. And will be able to explore new ideas of presenting their own research and work in a new and revolutionized way. I somewhat agree with the claims the author was making in this article However, I don’t understand why he only took one example of social media into account. Yes, Youtube is an example of how we are changing, and how we are forming new communities on the web. But there are so many other websites I feel that also clearly show the changes that are being made. I feel like workers who are struggling to survive in “cyberspace”, and trying to get up on the times need not only look at Youtube for help, but also other forms of social media. It’s important for people to experience websites like Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter for themselves. They can’t simply make a Youtube video and understand the fast paced, social network that is evolving and changing every single day. I think this text contributes to our research because any opinions about social media can be taken into account. He uses good examples, and even though I feel like he could have expanded more on his research, his short articles teaches us a beginner’s look at what is going on in Youtube, and in the workplace.

From Kim Jaxon: Here's a link to Mike Wesch's video that discusses the research he and his students have done on YouTube: [|Wesch YouTube Research]

[|The Future of YouTube] Jason Conrd

The future of Youtube is no longer up to the users. Youtube was bought from creators Chad Hurley and Steven Chen for 1.65 billion dollars! The users are worried that Google (the company that bought youtube) is going to overflow it with advertisements and corporate involvement. It further more talks about how important the advertising will be for marketing. I believe that the point it is making is that if Youtube wants a future the Google was the best way to go. The creators made 1.65 billion and hopefully stocks increase from here. Another point is that “us” the people that use youtube are afraid it is going to change in some way and not for the better. Google employees talk about the first point I talked about. They talk about how their stock should increase from all the space they are selling on the website (Youtube) for advertisement. The Youtube users bring up the second issue. Richard Stern AKA “Lazydork” said, “the wild west feel of Youtube is already slipping away and within a few weeks it likely will be gone altogether.” Youtube is the new start of an online frontier. Since it came out in 2005 Youtube is THE place to go online and watch homemade videos accommodating its 72.1 million viewers as of august. I found this article very interesting. I had no idea Youtube was such a big deal non-the less that it was worth 1.65 billion dollars. I think Youtube gives people an escape from their everyday lives and weather watching, or posting, or commenting, watching these homemade videos let them sink into their own little world and be worry free. I would like to know the numbers of Youtube. It would be interteresting to find out how long people are on Youtube everyday and the average amount of time individuals are on. I think that would give people a better understanding of how popular it really is and how much growth is it making. What do other people have to say about this? What do Youtube addicts think? What would the average person who knows what Youtube is but doesn’t use it have to say? Wat do the Google employees think? The points in this article were pretty clear and I didn’t get confused at any point. Like I said earlier I would like to know more about what people think about the sale of Youtube and how it will do in the future. If you would like to read this article you can find it at [] or you can Google what is the future of Youtube. That is how I found this article to begin with.

[|Muting music on youtube] Taylor Doane

Songs being muted on youtube is becoming more and more common. The reason is because the music or songs that the video contains is unauthorized copyrighted music. They take there favorite songs and put them on with a video, or just play the song without getting the permission. Many users don't like this new change, its not letting them express themselves like they want to. So if you go on one of the videos that have beem changed u will hear different music that was not originally there. not only do the users get upset but so do all the viewers. They watch there videos cause there intertaining and the music plays a big role in that. Taking away the music would leave the video feeling empty and the users and views very mad. In the article i found Stan Schreoder says it would bad to mute the songs. He says there are five stupid implications of youtube songs. If they mute the music we will lose dance videos, movie remixes, music videos, ect. And im pretty sure he is right seeing that alot of the videos on youtube deal with music in some sort of way. The owners of youtube might want to rethink this one. Some questions i got from the text was why would they start now to threaten muting unauthorized music? And how far will it go? Will they talk about it on the news, or go to court? I'm sure if they actually mute the music many people will complain. It wont go down without a fight. I know i wont be happy about it, i go on to look at music, music videos and anything else involving music. Yes its bad cause its like your using someones music without asking but its so easy. Just go on youtube, type in the song name or artist and listen. But knowing when they will mute the songs is important to me cause that would mean i would know how long i has til i cant listen to them anymore. And it makes me wonder how many people will fight back and challenge youtube.

[|YouTube and Politics] By: Ashton Holland

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In this text, it explains the use of YouTube by the presidential candidates of the 2008 election. These candidates are using this website as a direct access to the voters of America instead of buying airtime with certain companies. The author is stating that politics has now entered a YouTube age and in general is trying to show that YouTube has become of easier access to the people rather than the television. We see how he makes these points when he states the example voters and candidates being able to directly communicate to one other, yet still having the nation being able to see what is going on. Quote: “But the idea behind the YouTube debates was the process in reverse. Voters would be able to speak directly to candidates using the YouTube player and this, it was suggested, would lead to some magical democratization of the political process.”======

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This text raises many questions for me. I want to know if there should be any political limitations on the use of YouTube because we know that in school the expression of belief is limited due to the situation of minors. I wonder if there should be a political age limit to YouTube as well. I find it very interesting that the internet is so quickly taking control over many aspects of general life. There is not much that is yet to be put on YouTube. Politics did make a smart decision but, I wonder if they will soon start to make more use of the website seeing as it is easier to get our attention through certain things that we (teens/adults) use. This text completely supports the idea of identity through Web 2.0. Is it Obama himself that is posting these videos and writing all about himself on the internet? Of course not, we will never exactly know who all is doing this. This as well supports our idea of communication through certain identities, and a vast generality of the American population using the internet.======

Popular Internet Videos Lucrative For Creators Jordyn Armstrong:

Many user-generated videos are uploaded on YouTube everyday and many people watch these videos. Recently, reported in an article by the London Free Press, a secret deal between YouTube and video creators has surfaced. Video makers on YouTube that receive a significant amount of views for their video, are now being asked if they would like to share some of the “ad revenue” with YouTube. The author writes that once a person’s video gains over a thousand views on YouTube, they are able to try to receive some of the pay. Patrick Maloney gives two examples of regular people that gain many views on their videos, and who are now becoming more rich with each view. One of the people that were used as an example even quit their job because they had received a substantial amount of money due to their video. Some say that video makers are getting paid “1.4 cents a view.” In the end, the author is making a statement saying how user-generated videos are becoming more popular and how a regular person can become rich because of the videos. When I read this article, I was in disbelief. It is strange to think that people can become very rich just because a lot of people watch their video. It’s like a popularity contest, with how many views videos have. I found it interesting how popular user-generated videos have become. There are so many different kinds of videos on YouTube and there are many different people that think these videos are funny or bad. It is confusing how regular people can make a video of them being themselves (or acting), and gain so much money. It seems that YouTube made this deal so that more people would make crazy videos, get lots of views, and provide YouTube with an even more big big pay-check. YouTube pays the video makers a good amount, but with this deal there will be more videos and more money coming towards YouTube. This deal may help both sides, but will YouTube end up being a new way to have a “job?” I want to know if YouTube videos will still have creativity and personality in them or if they will just end up being media content made to receive a big pay-check. I also want to know if YouTube will continue to share part of its pay with the video makers. This text might support any research by showing how popular user-generated media has become on YouTube and how an unknown audience can make someone rich. []

[|Social Media] By: Samantha Bailey In the social media video, the narrator describes how a new invention can create a mass explosion of new products that create a frenzy of popularity. He relates technology inventions to Scoopville, where ice cream becomes a new fad, because of the invention of an individual ice cream maker. People would now be able to make their own flavors of ice cream other than the chocolate, vanilla and strawberry flavors the big company only made. In the video, residents of Scoopville start to experiment with new flavors and as soon as you know it, there are too many flavors to choose from. In order to organize and narrow down choosing a flavor, a Scoopville resident invents a response board where people can rate and make comments about each flavor and how they like it, if they recommend it, and to whom. The new ice cream invention unintentionally creates a community in which people have a common interest and can interact because of it. As the narrator states, "social media means new opportunities to create and communicate with people that care". This relates to social media in the means of technology inventions because YouTube, for example, allows normal people to create something interesting to them, introduce it to the public, get feedback on their creation, allow the audience to rate their creation for other future viewers and to feel as a part of a community that cares about the same things they do. When people feel connected, they are more enthusiastic to participate in whatever it is they are interested in. This video illustrates my idea of social media very well because it shows how a simple idea can spark an invention that creates many products and sources of production. The rising number of products available creates more competition between businesses which makes prices go down, which is good for consumers. The lower prices allow consumers to buy more which also makes the production go up which makes the phenomenon even more popular. The interaction between producers creates a connection between them and the people that enjoy what they create, which causes a sort of community effect. This effect relating to YouTube is apparent in that YouTube also allows normal people to propose new ideas and to create their own forms of entertainment or announcement. People are able to connect from the varieties of creations that are posted online. I would like to know if there are more factors concerning why people catch on to a certain idea or creation rather than some other one. Why do things like YouTube catch on to the majority of the public so fast? How does the word get out about new inventions/creations? Do big businesses, like a television production company for instance, have to change their advertising techniques in order to maintain a fan base when media phenomena like YouTube catch on? Using this video as a basis of research would be valuable in obtaining more information on advertising techniques, the spread of a popular invention and why these new inventions become so popular so fast.

http://www.vimeo.com/6301749 Etnies Skate and Create By: Preston Platt

====I decided to do some research on you tube and the way it is changing the ways videos are produced. Just recently Transworld Skateboarding provided skateboarders the opportunity to revolutionize the way skateboarding is filmed and directed. Usually skateboarding is filmed in public locations and at skate parks. But now with the popularity of small production videos on you tube Transworld Skateboarding has started to fund this new program called “Skate and Create” The winner, which I have decided to follow, is a video based on the concepts of recycling and a dream world. The director of this video really wanted to create a skateboarding video that would have a story that would convey a concept of a dream sequence with a very significant artistic view. The art director, Terry Snyder, explains, “the video had a beginning, middle, and end, and it was guaranteed to be unique.” When watching the video I found myself extremely captured in the concepts and artistic layout. It had the same incredible skateboarding that you would expect from the professional skate team but the new artistic view and style made it stand out incredibly in my mind. A nice thing about this video is that it promotes recycling. Terry Snyder explains, “The props were lightweight, mostly recycled”==== ====This video really made me question how Youtube has changed the way skateboarding is being documented. In my mind I feel that Youtube has created a whole new style to skateboarding. I feel it is being interpreted much more in an artistic sense. I think its incredible the amount of change skateboarding can go through and I feel this is a giant step to the expressionary art of skateboarding. It really seems like a performing art piece that has been documented. I really want to know how the industry will respond to these videos and see if it becomes a whole new revolution of documentation. I feel this can help our research on the ways Youtube can be used to express new techniques and innovations to the world.====

Social interaction and co-viewing with YouTube: blending mass communication reception and social connection By: Jaycee Hepler []

In Paul Haridakis and Gary Hanson’s, Social interaction and co-viewing with YouTube: blending mass communication reception and social connection, they discuss a lot of the same things that Wesch talks about in his video. They mainly discuss the motives behind why people use the internet, mainly YouTube. But off of that there are so many other subtopics like locus of control, activity, social activities and interpersonal interaction and innovativeness. They took a group of students to do a questionnaire about how social and psychological antecedents, the motives behind using YouTube, affinity with YouTube, and the amount of time spent watching and sharing YouTube videos (Haridakis and Hanson). The part that interested me most about this article was when they talked about the Social Activities and Interpersonal Interaction. They talk about how some say that the more people use the internet, the less likely they have social interaction they have. Others argue that the more popular someone is, the more the internet enhances that. They go on to say that the more people have a hard time with face-to-face interaction, the more they use the internet for a more interpersonal interaction. I think this is a good way for even those shy kids to get their voices heard and to have the chance for others to get to know them. But is the internet creating some of those socially awkward kids? Letting people hide behind their computers and get a false sense of belonging. This takes out some of the anxiety of the unknown that can happen at any moment. We can control who talks to us, what people see about us. We control pretty much every aspect of our online lives. This has got me thinking and I want to learn more of the psychology behind the reason for using sites like Facebook and YouTube to communicate.

[|Youtube Effect] By: Katlyn Brock I Justin Capasso's article he explains how youtube is starting to change so many things in the world like the way of learning, music, and your aspect on people. You can use youtube to find out how to do something, people will record themselves on how to do things that some people might not know how to do. Also, now people in the music world are discovering new artists on youtube. Singers/rappers will record them singing or whatever their talent is and musicians now look there for new people and they get in contact with them that way, so then you can find new people without even having to leave your house. Youtube also takes over a few shows, for instance America's Funniest Home Videos, most people put funny home videos on youtube and now people can just watch youtube and find the same humor instead of waiting for the show to come on Tv. Justin made these claims by looking at all sorts of videos on youtube, like how-to's, musicians, and home videos. A question that this article has raised for me is will Youtube take over Tv shows, books, and learning anytime in the future? The text can support research because it causes you to get involved in your research and really become familiar with all of the material.

Lily Maric [] This short article is about the government wanting to add YouTube to their communications menu, and how it's not going to be east because there is "a number of ramifications".If this happens, people are hoping that they do it right, because two of the agencies who are working on it are the CDC and FDA, who have "irregular and unclear editorial framework". Both of these agencies have a lot of channels and it is difficult to know what is going to be posted where. Another problem about the government adding YouTube to their communications menu is that a lot of videos that are made by the government will be up in a very public place and up for the world to see. Secretary Clinton is the one that has approved Web 2.0's presence. I think that this article will help using the class because it is telling us what effect the government has on Web 2.0 and sites such as YouTube and visa versa. If the government started using sites such as YouTube to post their information it can either be a good thing or a bad thing. Once again this article proves to us how these Web 2.0 sites are everywhere and how they are getting so much attention, from the government to our homes.

Jaycee Hepler Are We Producing Reality? This video by Becky from Wesch’s class is about are we producing reality? I think the better question is, are the videos we see the whole reality? I believe that of coarse it is reality. How is anything not reality. It is a small part of reality that gets recorded. It may be the best version of that reality the “producer” wanted the web users to see but it doesn’t mean its not real. It’s just a small portion on reality that is portrayed. I also wanted to comment on how she directs her conversation to YouTube as if it was the person she was talking to. YouTube is just a website. It is amazing how even though YouTube is not an actual person, some people who post videos and comment refer to YouTube as their audience. Even people who show their dislike for YouTube will say things like “YouTube is stupid”. And I will repeat, YouTube is just a website. Does this mean anybody who had been on this website has become an actual part of this YouTube? Is it because they don’t truly know their audience or are they meaning to direct it at the YouTube community? If you are interested in the reality or identity then you should watch this video. It brings up a lot of good questions.

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Torrey Francois In this article, "YouTube: happy splash video driver charged" A driver records herself driving down a hill towards a puddle on the side of the road while her boyfriend who was riding passenger gave audio for the video. The driver deliberately drives into the puddle in attempt to drench the kids at a bus stop. The driver is now being charged with reckless driving. The fine is up to 2,500 Euros.(Higgins). The driver says that "if the kids weren’t saying splash us, I wouldn't have done it."(Higgins). The reasoning if the kids were egging the driver on or not is regardless of the fact that the driver still hit the puddle and put up a wall of water. However, the driver actually contacted the police herself regarding the incident. She was just doing this for a little fun, and now she realizes that the wheel could have locked up and total control of the car could have been lost. Luckily the only damage done in this case was to the children's clothing. Higgins, Martin. "YouTube: happy splashing video." October 14, 2009. October 23, 2009. Metro.uk.co. 

Luke Meek [|andy was right] Tom Cruz is famous, Leandardo Divinci is famous, but in the same respect so are people like LonelyGirl15 and Falcon Henne "Balloon Boy" the second two just took a diffrent route to fame. Internet stars are creating there own fame, maybe its a dancing video or a fake blog like Bree "LonelyGirl15". Andy Warhol stated nearly 50 years ago "in the future, everyone will be world famous for 15 minutes". This is an incredibly accurate statement considering the ease with which people can post videos to youtube and the ease with which those videos can be viewed. Maybe some people have elapsed there 15 minutes but even more people have picked up 3 to 5 minutes. my question is how do we take this new form of fame? how do we respect these people. Youtube had there own awards show to honor these people and some of them have there own shows "tila tequila". but what do we do with this new form of fame?

ok so basically ive blanked absolutely all day i need to go home in a silent room and recollect my thoughts. sorry for this BS. ill be emailing you later. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

Tryangeil, Josh. "Andy was right." //Time// 25 Dec. 2006. Print.

Preston Platt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBWRfhBlX24 In this video the company is making an advertisement for skateboarding. The purpose is to show a very artistic form of skateboarding that is very expressive. The main skateboarder in the video, Pual Rodriguez, Is a very stylistic skateboarder that is perfect for this video. It is a very high production short feature. In my mind this video relates to our social media discussion because this video shows how social media is changing the way that skateboarding is being advertised. With this new social media platform they’re focusing highly on artistic basses. Before the age of social media skateboard shorts and films have been very low production without much regard to composition. This video is suppost to be about what Pual was feeling. A website sharing insite stated” it parrallels what P-rod feels an ideal LA day would play out”(The One Eighty Nine).

__ The One Eighty Nine __. <http://the189.com/art/paul-rodriguez-in-“today-was-a-good-day”