Research on YouTube's Popular Videos

[ajanae5420]

Nice video

[KiraTheLait]

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[deeliciousplum]

anthropology is a wonderful mechanism for studying people, but it takes a very sound being to not be affected or to not be led into biases by the various folkies that either are published or who hold some questionably acquired position of authority on a subject and or community. Just an opinion of course. It is best to question the intent of all sources to increase one's ability to learn more on a subject of interest or something that may be relevant.

[deeliciousplum]

though all studies are in many ways an aid in observing a topic that is of interest to folkies, yet there is a huge gap of knowledge sharing in this study. The gap is in how youtube has evolved from a participant in supporting freedoms of expression and freedoms of speech to that of being overly selective as to who they allow such freedoms to & who is squelched. There is an obvious bias as to their methods & thus this renders this communication tool as being a threat to dialogue & to sharing.

[AnthroVlog]

@deeliciousplum I too am concerned about anything that would squelch free expression. By the way, how long has YouTube had a comment reply format that looks like Twitter. I don't like it!

[UpDownMostly]

Interesting video. Can you have a true view or analysis of YouTube without being participatory members of the community.

[AnthroVlog]

That is a very thought-provoking question! Perhaps the authors of the book might wish to respond. I'm an anthropologist, so I highly value participating in the community directly. Such participation could yield a number of very different insights and observations, not all of them focusing on the social network aspect of YouTube. I have a lot of data, for instance, on the self-promotional aspects of YouTube and the "art world" or "media world" of YouTube that would be interesting to talk about.

[UpDownMostly]

Thanks. I guess I was also thinking in terms of quantum mechanics where the phenomenon that you choose to observe are effected in some way or another by the very fact that you are observing. You can't truly be "outside" and objective and yet you can't truly "observe" without effecting the outcome. I do like the discussion though. Thanks so much for posting this video.

[jeangenie1970]

Hi, I'm one of the authors. You raise a very interesting question. I think it's important to point out that most people use and experience YouTube every day without necessarily even having an account, let alone being highly active members of the community. we wanted to try to understand YouTube as a mass media platform as well as to understand how some people use it as a community - hopefully after spending a very long time immersed in YouTube videos, community discussions etc, we managed both!

[ShortbusMooner]

I definately embrace the YouTube-ness of YouTube. I gravitate towards the user-created videos. I enjoy making friends & empathising with their lives. But, don't get me wrong- I want to be entertained, as well. I'm not into "drama".

I don't pirate anyone's material, but because I (used to) use copyrighted songs as background music, I've had a few videos' audio blocked. (now I use royalty-free loops)

I look forward to any further vids you may post on this subject. (you know me! LOL!)

[AnthroVlog]

I enjoy the YouTube-ness of YouTube too. I wonder, though to what extent it changes the content people might choose to create and post.

[ShortbusMooner]

I believe we discussed this once. I know that I censor myself, as not to give a bad impression. On the other end of the spectrum, I'm sure there's folk that go out of their way to push the envelope. It prbably just depends on what they want to accomplish with their videos/channel...

[biocrite]

I'm interested in doing research over Youtube. This video's going to be a great help. Thanks! :)

Gaurav.

[AnthroVlog]

Glad it can help!