As a psychology major I really kind of enjoy this video... Next year (I think) is when I will begin with my research for my major. Several times I have thought about doing something with the internet, or YouTube specifically. Did you ever post anything about your 2nd study that you mentioned? If you did, I would love to read/watch it. You are super awesome :D
@olsonche13 Thank you! Unfortunately, I never ended up posting anything about my second study. I presented it immediately before graduating from college and then moved to Rhode Island which took over 48 hours of driving back and forth to do, so I didn't make a video about it. And now I don't have the poster anymore and I'm not sure where the summarized version of that paper went.
@olsonche13 Maybe I'll revisit it and try to put something together though. :) I'm glad that you're interested! It was basically about youtube collab channels and how actually seeing and hearing someone interact with you, even when it's not in real time, makes that medium of getting to know someone really awesome. A lot of people, when they finally met their collab-mates in person, felt as if they'd been around them for years even though their only interactions had been online + through videos.
You made a comment about people liking you "in spite" of being awkward and a giant dork. I'd have to change that "in spite of" to "because of". Yay for YouTube showing people that who they are is awesome! =D
This is a neat video, Lauren! I am a pyschology major (who was a psych/theatre double major but one had to go and since theatre isn't 'practical'...Sucks to give up the one you love!)
Anyway-- your presentation was neat. I am doing my senior applied project in April and was thinking about doing something similar-- I think I have some ideas now, thanks!
What a great video! I have a masters in Psychology and it's really interesting to think about the changes and trends in research with regards to technology/social networking. This is totally something I would have chosen to research. Great job!
To put your presentation up to Youtube was an amazing idea! It suits the project so well. x)
I found this so awesome that you are taking interest in that particular aspect of Youtube, and that you are taking things further by doing a whole report/presentation thing!
There is so much more to Youtube than videos about cats! Youtube belongs to Nerdfighters.
I see. I'm sorry your parents didn't allow you to do music in college. I hope you did found Psychology satisfying enough. Keep up the good work. I love your video's. (:
I'm a little confused. Are you a Psychology major? Are you doing a Research Master in Psychology? I thought you did a study that was music-related... I'm a Psychology major, I love study and I'd like to do a master in Research. (:
@Plottoberry I have a bachelor's in Psychology, and did two research projects on YouTube for my senior thesis. My parents wouldn't let me do music in college.
You can read an abbreviated version of the article through the link in the video description!
@devilishlypure I see. I'm sorry your parents didn't allow you to do music in college. I hope you did found Psychology satisfying enough. Keep up the good work. I love your video's. (:
I love how your board has sooooo much text when it focuses on video interaction. Where's dem pictures you talk about?? You're so cute and full of energy and passion that it balances. I like the study, just 1 word: tripod. Keep it up, cheers!
@devilishlypure Good job! Though, as some who has presented at numerous science conferences, included Cog Sci 2009, iBleedAdventure is giving you a good suggestion. A poster should not be the pages of an academic paper pasted next to each other. You are more likely to get the walking by academics if you make it easy on them. Less words. Anywho, keep at it.
@NowNow25 Yeah, I spent the first half of the semester writing a ridiculously long paper, way longer than required because I got super into it, and the second half of the semester destroying it so it was small enough to fit on the poster. The original paper was probably long enough to wallpaper that room if all I did was paste the original pages next to each other. I did have a lot of people stopping and looking at the poster, and I abbreviated verbally even further for them. Thanks though! :)
Awesome! Your study sounds really, really interesting. I did mine about a year ago... were your results statistically significant? How big was your participant pool, etc??? Yay for Psych majors :)
@thequietchannel The details of the whole project are in the sidebar. The correlation I was talking about between people who admitted a change in portrayal being most likely to experience a positive change was significant.
@devilishlypure That's really awesome! I was super excited to see a psych conference poster on youtube! I hope you continue to do research in this area even when your experimental course is done. Too bad there's not enough information out there for a lit review. Good luck on writing your paper if you still have that to do!
Thank you for sharing this. It is really interesting. I'm happy to hear that you are just as smart and funny and sweet off camera as you are on camera. You're awesome.
great job on your presentation. i'm glad youtube has changed you into the person you've always wanted to be. i still remember listening to your moaning myrtles videos when you just started out : ]
This is awesome! I actually did a similar report for my Social Psychology course this semester! I focused mine on social influence and the impact youtube has on conformity and such :)
As a fellow psychology major, I found this interesting. Are you sending your research to any professional journals? I'd be interested in reading the full paper.
i never realized that your hair was that amazing. or that your are that pretty. i knew you were georgous and your hair was pretty but i mean you could be a modle!
XD Are you majoring in Psychology?? I just changed my major to Psychology, and it made me super excited to see the title of the video. I'm just curious. :) You did a great job explaining everything. I hope everything turns out well for ya. XD
This is such an interesting project, Lauren! I love this as a research study and a poster presentation! :D It's something that deserves a lot more attention than it's currently getting. Nice work!
I found this very interesting! I feel like I'm "confronted" to the youtube phenomenon daily as I watch videos every day :P but I never actually think of the "mechanisms" or psychology behind it all...
Lauren, I think that this is an awesome project and I commend you for doing it. I would love to read an article or something by you about this topic because it is really interesting.
Congratulations on coming into yourself through Youtube. Keep being you
I think that's a fantastic study actually :]. People always put the internet in a bad light, saying it's decreasing real life communication between people (especially teens). But it truly can be beneficial in certain ways.
That was super interesting! I'd been wondering about this ever since you talked about your project the first time. Thanks for sharing it with us! I really hope you tell us about the Collab research, too :)
Very entertaining and informational video Lauren!!! xD I'd love to hear more, you should post an un-edited/less edited version! Either way, great job!
This was really interesting to watch! I love psychology and am thinking about taking it in college, so this was a really cool video. You are a fantastically awesome person on camera, so I just assume you are just as awesome in real life which makes me so beyond excited to meet you when you come to St. Louis this summer!
I really liked this video. The best college projects are ones that you do about something you truly love or are interested in. I don't vlog myself because of my job, but I'm glad to know that it has such a positive effect on people who do vlog. Great job! : D
I was going to ask if we can see the details of this, and then I stopped being retarded and looked at the sidebar. I look forward to reading more about it. Also, I have to say, your smile is quite contagious. This video is, without a doubt, why today is awesome (yes, I know it's the wrong channel for that, and I don't care). :D
Very awesome. I always want to do papers and things on social interaction over the internet, but its so incredibly difficult because there's never any peer-reviewed journal articles on it. And if there is, its about "How Facebook is ruining face-to-face communication" or "Cyberbullying" (Usually about kids bullying people they know from school, not random trolls, which would be much more interesting. Someone needs to do a study on why people troll). And that's just not what I'm interested in.
Lauren, I thought this was super cool and fascinating! What an awesome thing to do a project on and what a positive result you got from it! Well done!
I am a Vidder, My face is never on YouTube, but my work is. And I get simaler comments that make it feel like I'm doing good with my vids. And pushes me to improve and make more. It's also bulding my confadence within the work force. I used to be nervious about walking into a bulding and hoping someone sees though my young age and acctually looks at my Resume. Now I don't really worry as much.
This is a fantastic presentation, and it is actually really inspiring. I think I will get back into vlogging. I was getting really into it, but then one that got 75,000 views got taken down because I didn't realise that using a little clip of music would get me ass-whooped by copyright people. You are such an inspiration, and I am very impressed indeed. I wish I could combine my degree with Youtube. I also wish I could be a proper bonefide "Youtuber" like you.
To be honest, I always wondered when someone would do a psych study on YouTubers and estimate their awesomeness... I'm glad you turned it into a video, that was quite possibly the most interesting thing I've seen/heard in a goodly while.
And you're DEFINITELY awesome, Lauren. One of my favorite vloggers / musicians, and now, psychologists. :D
Way to be legit amazing. <3
And way to be a really awesome nerd. For real. Ridiculously cool. :]
I recently wrote an extremly long paper on YouTube and Social Anxiety. I agree with a lot of what you said. It's easy to write a paper about something you know very well. =]
this video makes me want to vlog. i've had my channel for years now, but i've never actually uploaded anything to it cuz i didn't know what to say or do for a video. but maybe i'll give it a try :-)
Hmmm....I've followed thru,and perused your summation. Although I'll differ with your conclusions, I'll applaud your enthusiasm (and your high-energy). People have a tendency to sugar-coat this website sometimes....while others villify it. I try to stay clear of the personality-driven aspects of the site....and prefer the music content (which I consider unrivaled on the 'net). Good luck in your educational pursuits....and thanks for the video.
Lauren! Wow! You're project is absolutely fascinating to me. Sooner or later I'm going to have to do a paper or project on youtube, because it seems like you had a great time researching and writing your report. Btw, your presentation is fabulous! Pink spots included!
I thought this project was really cool! I think it's awesome that you're explaining that youtube is more than just cat videos or accidents. I think you're super awesome Lauren :D
"make"? youtube "makes" you more awesome? i'm pretty sure you're making a causal link here when this is just corollary research... right? not that i don't believe it's possible, but there are some significant third variables you're not addressing..
@moopsycho Did I say that YouTube makes you more awesome? I'm sorry if I did, because that's not what my research was about. There also was only one correlation; that a significant amount of the people who noted changes in their portrayal also experienced positive changes in their lives as a result of YouTube.
I asked open-ended questions and the participants told me that YouTube made them feel more confident as a result of their posting video blogs. They made the causal link, not me.
@thewhompingwillows Yea I'd like her to "calculate" me ahahha hahaha ah... That's a very thorough profound research though- I can tell most of it is accurate and true!
@thewhompingwillows that's uh random to know..? I never said anything "claiming" her rather enter an attempt of a complimentary joke thus making you a bit intimidated, period. What does SOL mean..? Oh and I'd still like her to "calculate" me even knowing that random thing you gave me, truth or not- it's basically all irrelevant because this is the internet.
Unless if info is met by relevant standards then we got ourselves another story..
Lauren this is awesome!!! it looks like you put in a lot of hard work and that you had a lot of fun presenting, so congratulations!!!! the info is really interesting too. i can't wait to hear about your collab research too.
This is so interesting Lauren. You're the pioneer on youtube research! How COOL is that?! Don't let the horrible comments affect you because you wouldn't wanna be their friends anyway so just stick with the thousands of people who think you're awesome!
I definitely want to hear about your collaboration studies [=
I definitely think I've become more confident since I started vlogging for my collab channel. And I don't really do anything more for my videos than I do from day to day look wise. Plus, the other people you meet through stuff like this are awesome.
This was awesome, Lauren! Great job applying science to YouTube, we need more people to do that so that more people can appreciate how great it is. Your results are good to hear too, because (and I know this is slightly different) even as someone who just views and comments, I've noticed a big change in myself since I started really getting into YouTube. There are so many amazing people and ideas and inspirations to appreciate and learn from!
I paused this video at the first second to let it load since I was listening to a song at the song, and the face that Lauren is making at the one-second mark is priceless.
After I had my fill of that one-second mark, I went on to watch the rest of the video, and I must say I enjoyed it quite a lot. It's really really cool to see this concept taken to this extent. I'm really interested in YouTube as a whole, and it was very cool to see it studied.
This is SO AWESOME! I love that you've found ways to combine your "online" life with "real" life. :) Also, I just wanted to say that some of the mean things people have said to you on YouTube completely blow my mind. From what I've seen, you are completely gorgeous, inside and out! Wrock on, Lauren.
This is great. I'm so glad you posted it. I'd definitely like to hear more when you finish your current project. Off to read your paper. Thanks for linking it.
1. You're SOO beautiful. You have PURPLE in your hair! :O <3
2. This is really really interesting. It sounds like it must have been fun to research and explain to people. Aggravating if people didn't understand though.
3. Thanks for posting this. I liked hearing about it. :D
That was so interesting! I love that we're now an actual, observable, Thing and not just a blob of people who are seen as spending too much time on the internet. Awesome job!
Love it! I've been to a few poster sessions just like that one, it was a little weird seeing such a real-life experience that I am used to here on YouTube! I think your research is so novel and interesting and relevant!
This was really good. I think that it's interesting how subconsciously things like YouTube make us more confident and outgoing. When I found YouTube, I was an awkward, lonely child, but then something about it just made me comfortable with myself, and I made a bunch of friends and came out of my shell a lot. Thanks, Lauren. <3
You are super awesome, Lauren. Way to get really creative and incorporate your personal and academic interests! Can't wait to see the result of your second study.
Nice job! I like that you've taken something that has become such a big part of your life and related it to your academics. And the topic is a valid one in today's society. Well done, Lauren!
I remember when you were mad when you went to the salon and they dyed your hair black instead of purple!! You finally got some color it it!! It looks beautiful!! :D Awesome presentation!!
That was really interesting, looking forward to the results on social interactions through colab channels. Also, it's nice to see you smiling and upbeat about what you're doing in college =]
Wow that paper sounds realy interesting! :) It was a really good idea, you did a great job! I have been subscribing and commenting on people's videos for a while now, and I feel that Youtube has changed me even though I don't vlog (though sometimes I 'm really tempted to!). I think what is happening on Youtube in unique and revolutionary, and I'm really glad that it has given me the chance to 'meet' certain people....you guys have basically restored my faith that truly awesome people exist! :)
This made me smile! It's really interesting, thinking about how social networks change one's identity. I haven't experienced much of that so far myself (blogging doesn't count, I think) but I think it's a really fascinating subject! Great work, Lauren :D
I actually find I'm a lot MORE inhibited in my videos. I'm actually really nuts and weird and bubbly and sideways, but that doesn't come out in my videos. I'm working on it. ;)
As a psychology major I really kind of enjoy this video... Next year (I think) is when I will begin with my research for my major. Several times I have thought about doing something with the internet, or YouTube specifically. Did you ever post anything about your 2nd study that you mentioned? If you did, I would love to read/watch it. You are super awesome :D
olsonche13 1 month ago
@olsonche13 Thank you! Unfortunately, I never ended up posting anything about my second study. I presented it immediately before graduating from college and then moved to Rhode Island which took over 48 hours of driving back and forth to do, so I didn't make a video about it. And now I don't have the poster anymore and I'm not sure where the summarized version of that paper went.
devilishlypure 1 month ago
@olsonche13 Maybe I'll revisit it and try to put something together though. :) I'm glad that you're interested! It was basically about youtube collab channels and how actually seeing and hearing someone interact with you, even when it's not in real time, makes that medium of getting to know someone really awesome. A lot of people, when they finally met their collab-mates in person, felt as if they'd been around them for years even though their only interactions had been online + through videos.
devilishlypure 1 month ago
@devilishlypure Yeah :) That would be cool! I think it is pretty awesome how youtube allows people to get to know each other like that.
olsonche13 1 month ago
You made a comment about people liking you "in spite" of being awkward and a giant dork. I'd have to change that "in spite of" to "because of". Yay for YouTube showing people that who they are is awesome! =D
katstop 5 months ago
I admire you so much, Lauren. <3
shelbyelaine120 7 months ago
This is a neat video, Lauren! I am a pyschology major (who was a psych/theatre double major but one had to go and since theatre isn't 'practical'...Sucks to give up the one you love!)
Anyway-- your presentation was neat. I am doing my senior applied project in April and was thinking about doing something similar-- I think I have some ideas now, thanks!
WarriorPrncss 1 year ago
Totally just read the abbreviated version of your paper. Nicely done!
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MaceyTaine 1 year ago
Oh you got me interested in psychology again! And I love how easy you are to listen too! And you're really pretty!!!
LovisaTheLion 1 year ago
What a great video! I have a masters in Psychology and it's really interesting to think about the changes and trends in research with regards to technology/social networking. This is totally something I would have chosen to research. Great job!
taystetherainmo 1 year ago
This was really interesting.
Thank you :)
monkeyaround92 1 year ago
This is awesome :D
susipunkrockprincess 1 year ago
Lauren this is fantastic! I'm a Psych major at my college, and it was really awesome to see this!
KathayW 1 year ago
I really love this! I'm hoping to major in Psychology and I really love your studies on YouTube!
neondreamscollide 1 year ago
To put your presentation up to Youtube was an amazing idea! It suits the project so well. x)
I found this so awesome that you are taking interest in that particular aspect of Youtube, and that you are taking things further by doing a whole report/presentation thing!
There is so much more to Youtube than videos about cats! Youtube belongs to Nerdfighters.
ausernameisuseless 1 year ago
I love your hair, just had to be random!
littlemisspoppiepie 1 year ago
I see. I'm sorry your parents didn't allow you to do music in college. I hope you did found Psychology satisfying enough. Keep up the good work. I love your video's. (:
Plottoberry 1 year ago
I'm a little confused. Are you a Psychology major? Are you doing a Research Master in Psychology? I thought you did a study that was music-related... I'm a Psychology major, I love study and I'd like to do a master in Research. (:
Can I read the article somewhere?
Plottoberry 1 year ago
@Plottoberry I have a bachelor's in Psychology, and did two research projects on YouTube for my senior thesis. My parents wouldn't let me do music in college.
You can read an abbreviated version of the article through the link in the video description!
devilishlypure 1 year ago 2
@devilishlypure I see. I'm sorry your parents didn't allow you to do music in college. I hope you did found Psychology satisfying enough. Keep up the good work. I love your video's. (:
Plottoberry 1 year ago
This is so interesting!! Great job, Lauren!
PS Happy Birthday!
TheHogwartsSextet 1 year ago
I can kind of see the purple in your hair in this video.
madison1150 1 year ago
I love how your board has sooooo much text when it focuses on video interaction. Where's dem pictures you talk about?? You're so cute and full of energy and passion that it balances. I like the study, just 1 word: tripod. Keep it up, cheers!
iBleedAdventure 1 year ago
@iBleedAdventure Did I talk about pictures? There were a few figures, which I showed in the video.
devilishlypure 1 year ago
@devilishlypure Good job! Though, as some who has presented at numerous science conferences, included Cog Sci 2009, iBleedAdventure is giving you a good suggestion. A poster should not be the pages of an academic paper pasted next to each other. You are more likely to get the walking by academics if you make it easy on them. Less words. Anywho, keep at it.
NowNow25 1 year ago
@NowNow25 Yeah, I spent the first half of the semester writing a ridiculously long paper, way longer than required because I got super into it, and the second half of the semester destroying it so it was small enough to fit on the poster. The original paper was probably long enough to wallpaper that room if all I did was paste the original pages next to each other. I did have a lot of people stopping and looking at the poster, and I abbreviated verbally even further for them. Thanks though! :)
devilishlypure 1 year ago
Great Video Lauren! I love mixing academics & social media - I think its a supercool area of study.
Thanks for sharing!
pipsipirate 1 year ago
dr roy making his youtube debut!!
reallynewuser 1 year ago
This is so cool to see <3 Thank you for showing and explaining :D
Do you still need people for the collab channel thing? :)
Lidespam 1 year ago
Awesome! Your study sounds really, really interesting. I did mine about a year ago... were your results statistically significant? How big was your participant pool, etc??? Yay for Psych majors :)
thequietchannel 1 year ago
@thequietchannel The details of the whole project are in the sidebar. The correlation I was talking about between people who admitted a change in portrayal being most likely to experience a positive change was significant.
devilishlypure 1 year ago
@devilishlypure That's really awesome! I was super excited to see a psych conference poster on youtube! I hope you continue to do research in this area even when your experimental course is done. Too bad there's not enough information out there for a lit review. Good luck on writing your paper if you still have that to do!
thequietchannel 1 year ago
This is why you should be able to forego your next five (four?) Favorites in order to assign a video deserving 5 x Favorite status.
There is so much Meta in this video, it's mind blowing!
dreadforks 1 year ago
Good job, Lauren! That's really cool. Love you!
CalamityPlanet 1 year ago
Thank you for sharing this. It is really interesting. I'm happy to hear that you are just as smart and funny and sweet off camera as you are on camera. You're awesome.
TheReighLove 1 year ago
great job on your presentation. i'm glad youtube has changed you into the person you've always wanted to be. i still remember listening to your moaning myrtles videos when you just started out : ]
xloranx 1 year ago
This is brilliant. :)
trudyamoranto 1 year ago
So cool! :D Good job!!
starsandsea 1 year ago
You are just SO freaking beautiful and sweet and smart. I love this.
hayleyghoover 1 year ago
Awesome presentation... I feel like I learned a lot and wasn't even there!
MsAnarcho 1 year ago
Awesome vid. Thanks for reducing world suck by being you.
EclecticDog 1 year ago
this was so awesome! all of that stuff that you said about youtube and confidence made a lot of sense. :)
bassrocks9 1 year ago
Lauren <3
XxDawlishxX 1 year ago
This is awesome! I actually did a similar report for my Social Psychology course this semester! I focused mine on social influence and the impact youtube has on conformity and such :)
MakeupBebop 1 year ago
That is such a cool research project idea! I did totally boring research in all of my classes. Jealous.
RachaelF27 1 year ago
As a fellow psychology major, I found this interesting. Are you sending your research to any professional journals? I'd be interested in reading the full paper.
mehchel 1 year ago
We like that you are awkward and a dork cause it is who you are
misfit2008 1 year ago
hey lauren, you're awesome
kkupcakee 1 year ago
i never realized that your hair was that amazing. or that your are that pretty. i knew you were georgous and your hair was pretty but i mean you could be a modle!
banana837 1 year ago
Also, I'm a fan of the fact that your pink splotches were under the "Abstract" section. The Universe was conspiring for you right there. :D
Malallory 1 year ago
Thanks for making psychology interesting for us too! I'm looking forward to hearing about your next project. :)
Malallory 1 year ago
XD Are you majoring in Psychology?? I just changed my major to Psychology, and it made me super excited to see the title of the video. I'm just curious. :) You did a great job explaining everything. I hope everything turns out well for ya. XD
legzandherpiano 1 year ago
This is such an interesting project, Lauren! I love this as a research study and a poster presentation! :D It's something that deserves a lot more attention than it's currently getting. Nice work!
~Kiera
ianswertobob 1 year ago
I found this very interesting! I feel like I'm "confronted" to the youtube phenomenon daily as I watch videos every day :P but I never actually think of the "mechanisms" or psychology behind it all...
Great video!
joannasrants 1 year ago
Lauren, I think that this is an awesome project and I commend you for doing it. I would love to read an article or something by you about this topic because it is really interesting.
Congratulations on coming into yourself through Youtube. Keep being you
-Ethan
Radioplaya 1 year ago
I think that's a fantastic study actually :]. People always put the internet in a bad light, saying it's decreasing real life communication between people (especially teens). But it truly can be beneficial in certain ways.
JustRockItOut 1 year ago
That was super interesting! I'd been wondering about this ever since you talked about your project the first time. Thanks for sharing it with us! I really hope you tell us about the Collab research, too :)
joebob1379 1 year ago
I absolutely love this!
loserluigi 1 year ago
That was an extremely interesting project. And you're so cute! And I love your hair!
EternallyNothing27 1 year ago
Very entertaining and informational video Lauren!!! xD I'd love to hear more, you should post an un-edited/less edited version! Either way, great job!
PS: Did you get a good grade on your report?
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Lightpurpleish 1 year ago
This was really interesting to watch! I love psychology and am thinking about taking it in college, so this was a really cool video. You are a fantastically awesome person on camera, so I just assume you are just as awesome in real life which makes me so beyond excited to meet you when you come to St. Louis this summer!
Keep being awesome :D
Lightpurpleish 1 year ago
lauren you look super adorable in this video! go you!
accioanna 1 year ago
nice vid...u almost done with school? psych ur major?
Anarchistlyism 1 year ago
I really liked this video. The best college projects are ones that you do about something you truly love or are interested in. I don't vlog myself because of my job, but I'm glad to know that it has such a positive effect on people who do vlog. Great job! : D
palmtreesandsunsets 1 year ago
I was going to ask if we can see the details of this, and then I stopped being retarded and looked at the sidebar. I look forward to reading more about it. Also, I have to say, your smile is quite contagious. This video is, without a doubt, why today is awesome (yes, I know it's the wrong channel for that, and I don't care). :D
physguyk 1 year ago
What a great and interesting project. Thanks for sharing!
emersonjamie 1 year ago
Very awesome. I always want to do papers and things on social interaction over the internet, but its so incredibly difficult because there's never any peer-reviewed journal articles on it. And if there is, its about "How Facebook is ruining face-to-face communication" or "Cyberbullying" (Usually about kids bullying people they know from school, not random trolls, which would be much more interesting. Someone needs to do a study on why people troll). And that's just not what I'm interested in.
wannabeinhogwarts 1 year ago
Lauren, I thought this was super cool and fascinating! What an awesome thing to do a project on and what a positive result you got from it! Well done!
coughdrop01 1 year ago
I am a Vidder, My face is never on YouTube, but my work is. And I get simaler comments that make it feel like I'm doing good with my vids. And pushes me to improve and make more. It's also bulding my confadence within the work force. I used to be nervious about walking into a bulding and hoping someone sees though my young age and acctually looks at my Resume. Now I don't really worry as much.
ToxicFlavouredCandy 1 year ago
DAMN! How long did it take you to do all that research? It was really good, by the way! I love it! <3
ndpatd 1 year ago
You seem so happy. How cute ^_^
Linen15 1 year ago
This is a fantastic presentation, and it is actually really inspiring. I think I will get back into vlogging. I was getting really into it, but then one that got 75,000 views got taken down because I didn't realise that using a little clip of music would get me ass-whooped by copyright people. You are such an inspiration, and I am very impressed indeed. I wish I could combine my degree with Youtube. I also wish I could be a proper bonefide "Youtuber" like you.
candiclaus 1 year ago
To be honest, I always wondered when someone would do a psych study on YouTubers and estimate their awesomeness... I'm glad you turned it into a video, that was quite possibly the most interesting thing I've seen/heard in a goodly while.
And you're DEFINITELY awesome, Lauren. One of my favorite vloggers / musicians, and now, psychologists. :D
Way to be legit amazing. <3
And way to be a really awesome nerd. For real. Ridiculously cool. :]
maraudingstevie 1 year ago
I recently wrote an extremly long paper on YouTube and Social Anxiety. I agree with a lot of what you said. It's easy to write a paper about something you know very well. =]
Fundippsoyeah 1 year ago
"Hey, you know, I can be really awesome despite the fact that I am really awkward and a dork."
This statement completely describes my feelings after discovering Nerdfighteria. I love this video so, so much Lauren!
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MAJESTIcag7 1 year ago
@MAJESTIcag7 We are real people, you know. And why would I let you see my wedding video?
devilishlypure 1 year ago 8
this video makes me want to vlog. i've had my channel for years now, but i've never actually uploaded anything to it cuz i didn't know what to say or do for a video. but maybe i'll give it a try :-)
ItsLikeLauren 1 year ago
Hmmm....I've followed thru,and perused your summation. Although I'll differ with your conclusions, I'll applaud your enthusiasm (and your high-energy). People have a tendency to sugar-coat this website sometimes....while others villify it. I try to stay clear of the personality-driven aspects of the site....and prefer the music content (which I consider unrivaled on the 'net). Good luck in your educational pursuits....and thanks for the video.
sneakerset 1 year ago
That's some pretty awesome stuff there! And you made it super interesting too. :D
wearadaffodil 1 year ago
Really interesting Lauren!!!
lunatunarox 1 year ago
Awesome! Also meta, with the whole posting about it on YouTube. Very cool.
spasticpanda 1 year ago
If you want more views, put more cats in your video. ; )
Very interesting, glad you posted that.
raythegardener 1 year ago
Lauren! Wow! You're project is absolutely fascinating to me. Sooner or later I'm going to have to do a paper or project on youtube, because it seems like you had a great time researching and writing your report. Btw, your presentation is fabulous! Pink spots included!
ZeldaPhan 1 year ago
This is awesome! I <3 you Lauren! :D
mixtapebang 1 year ago
that is a really cool experiment!
funnihunni93 1 year ago
I thought this project was really cool! I think it's awesome that you're explaining that youtube is more than just cat videos or accidents. I think you're super awesome Lauren :D
Can't wait to meet you on the summer tour! :D
PatrickWrocks 1 year ago
"make"? youtube "makes" you more awesome? i'm pretty sure you're making a causal link here when this is just corollary research... right? not that i don't believe it's possible, but there are some significant third variables you're not addressing..
moopsycho 1 year ago
@moopsycho Did I say that YouTube makes you more awesome? I'm sorry if I did, because that's not what my research was about. There also was only one correlation; that a significant amount of the people who noted changes in their portrayal also experienced positive changes in their lives as a result of YouTube.
I asked open-ended questions and the participants told me that YouTube made them feel more confident as a result of their posting video blogs. They made the causal link, not me.
devilishlypure 1 year ago
Such a cool presentation, Lauren! Way to go! :D
StorminHome 1 year ago
You are the most beautiful nerd in the world. :D
thewhompingwillows 1 year ago 50
@thewhompingwillows Squeeeee. =D
devilishlypure 1 year ago 21
@thewhompingwillows Yea I'd like her to "calculate" me ahahha hahaha ah... That's a very thorough profound research though- I can tell most of it is accurate and true!
WLuico 1 year ago
@WLuico Well, she's my fiancee so I guess you're SOL, buddy. :)
thewhompingwillows 1 year ago
@thewhompingwillows that's uh random to know..? I never said anything "claiming" her rather enter an attempt of a complimentary joke thus making you a bit intimidated, period. What does SOL mean..? Oh and I'd still like her to "calculate" me even knowing that random thing you gave me, truth or not- it's basically all irrelevant because this is the internet.
Unless if info is met by relevant standards then we got ourselves another story..
WLuico 1 year ago
@WLuico SOL = shit out of luck. Yes, @thewhompingwillows is my fiance.
devilishlypure 1 year ago
@WLuico I'm sure Lauren felt very complimented by your creepy comment!
thewhompingwillows 1 year ago
@thewhompingwillows you're creeping me out too!
WLuico 1 year ago
Have you dyed your hair purple, Lauren?
Either way, your hair is such a pretty color!
I love your presentation idea, it's so cool!
cafewisconsin 1 year ago 2
thats really interesting!
Mallorrry 1 year ago
This was awesome! YouTube vloggers FTW!
carleen4689 1 year ago
This video is awesome. I love the information. *is a nerd*
RandomLari 1 year ago
Lauren this is awesome!!! it looks like you put in a lot of hard work and that you had a lot of fun presenting, so congratulations!!!! the info is really interesting too. i can't wait to hear about your collab research too.
remembering2Bawesome 1 year ago
This is a really really intresting subject :O :D
wobbeh1 1 year ago
This is so interesting Lauren. You're the pioneer on youtube research! How COOL is that?! Don't let the horrible comments affect you because you wouldn't wanna be their friends anyway so just stick with the thousands of people who think you're awesome!
Katiethecloud 1 year ago
this is really interesting Lauren! wow! i should be vlogging to gain self confidence!
girlaxia 1 year ago
the more open a network the more likly a system is to be abused. YouTube is an example of the definition of the efos of the internet.
your freaking awesome Lauren
adyrulesthe666 1 year ago
This is really interesting!! And you look really pretty, Lauren. Your hair is so cool! Is that purple I see in it? It's very nice. : )
InLikeALion3 1 year ago
I definitely want to hear about your collaboration studies [=
I definitely think I've become more confident since I started vlogging for my collab channel. And I don't really do anything more for my videos than I do from day to day look wise. Plus, the other people you meet through stuff like this are awesome.
xGlowFliesx 1 year ago
This was awesome, Lauren! Great job applying science to YouTube, we need more people to do that so that more people can appreciate how great it is. Your results are good to hear too, because (and I know this is slightly different) even as someone who just views and comments, I've noticed a big change in myself since I started really getting into YouTube. There are so many amazing people and ideas and inspirations to appreciate and learn from!
iwishiwereaWeasley 1 year ago
This is great!
PHUNKYDRLO 1 year ago
That is amazing. You win YouTube.
bo0kw05m 1 year ago
I paused this video at the first second to let it load since I was listening to a song at the song, and the face that Lauren is making at the one-second mark is priceless.
After I had my fill of that one-second mark, I went on to watch the rest of the video, and I must say I enjoyed it quite a lot. It's really really cool to see this concept taken to this extent. I'm really interested in YouTube as a whole, and it was very cool to see it studied.
CodedLockFilms 1 year ago
This is great! I love how people can study Youtube from a psychology, sociology, anthropology pov.
hippiemarcher 1 year ago
this is so ligit, good job! :D
alexalexon 1 year ago
Wow, way interesting stuff. Your poster and presentation were very professional and well done too. Great job! :)
abcdefghijkati3 1 year ago
you sound really clever!!!
yasjas12 1 year ago
This was fun, great job! :)
RedVolly 1 year ago
This is SO AWESOME! I love that you've found ways to combine your "online" life with "real" life. :) Also, I just wanted to say that some of the mean things people have said to you on YouTube completely blow my mind. From what I've seen, you are completely gorgeous, inside and out! Wrock on, Lauren.
shaidydreamer 1 year ago 2
the pink splotches add PIZZAZZ!
showersinger34 1 year ago
no, thank *you* for making psychology interesting for *me* for the first time ever...
also, you look nice today (/whenever you filmed this) lauren!
Hogwartian 1 year ago
This is great. I'm so glad you posted it. I'd definitely like to hear more when you finish your current project. Off to read your paper. Thanks for linking it.
splicegrrl 1 year ago
I think you're cute :)
jullex92 1 year ago
Wow. This is really interesting! Thanks for sharing this with us Lauren!
d0bbyr0cksmys0cks 1 year ago
i love this! its perfect and sooo true! great job and keep up the great work!
LavenderCullen 1 year ago
I love your presentation! What a great topic.
KatyaBella82 1 year ago
... growing more certain in my wish to vlog,,,now to convince my parents...
and so glad I'm taking AP Psychology next year!
AyriannahOllivandra 1 year ago
YAY! Psychology! I would adore actually reading the paper.. *is a Psych geek* :)
CaityBeloved 1 year ago 2
1. You're SOO beautiful. You have PURPLE in your hair! :O <3
2. This is really really interesting. It sounds like it must have been fun to research and explain to people. Aggravating if people didn't understand though.
3. Thanks for posting this. I liked hearing about it. :D
kira902k 1 year ago
Awesome project! I would love to see the results of your study on colab channels. It sounds really cool!
softblackcarbon 1 year ago
This was actually really fascinating. Great study!
thevikingguy 1 year ago
This is really awesome! Congrats!
xmyotheraccountx 1 year ago
That was so interesting! I love that we're now an actual, observable, Thing and not just a blob of people who are seen as spending too much time on the internet. Awesome job!
tammytamnov 1 year ago
You rock!
Yzzyc 1 year ago
Wow this is a really cool project! It's awesome Lauren!
Minireb123 1 year ago
you always look so happy =] cheers me up every time
8Jouketje8 1 year ago
Love it! I've been to a few poster sessions just like that one, it was a little weird seeing such a real-life experience that I am used to here on YouTube! I think your research is so novel and interesting and relevant!
iamkaity 1 year ago
This was really good. I think that it's interesting how subconsciously things like YouTube make us more confident and outgoing. When I found YouTube, I was an awkward, lonely child, but then something about it just made me comfortable with myself, and I made a bunch of friends and came out of my shell a lot. Thanks, Lauren. <3
GillianisAslan 1 year ago
cool vid!
Fensterplaetzchen 1 year ago
You are super awesome, Lauren. Way to get really creative and incorporate your personal and academic interests! Can't wait to see the result of your second study.
DelynnWrock 1 year ago
Nice job! I like that you've taken something that has become such a big part of your life and related it to your academics. And the topic is a valid one in today's society. Well done, Lauren!
MrAggie1980 1 year ago
I love it! :D
vamposaurr 1 year ago
I remember when you were mad when you went to the salon and they dyed your hair black instead of purple!! You finally got some color it it!! It looks beautiful!! :D Awesome presentation!!
purpleringzz 1 year ago
This is pretty interesting. And I love psychology!
JanksterProductions 1 year ago
youtube made me SO much more confident
MikeMarino 1 year ago
I always love how almost all the time you look super happy. please know that this fact makes me feel happier too in my own little life.
btw congrats with the engagement. all the best to you and matt. =]
dettestrike 1 year ago
Wow, that is such an interesting project, and you seemed to find tangible results, which is awesome!
znikkisan 1 year ago
This is not only very true, but extremely interesting, too!
ItsBenCracknell 1 year ago
i wouldn't be surprised if this becomes the basis for future youtube and other internet social network studies.
excellent work!
(i feel like a teacher now... ;)
psionicdreams 1 year ago
Your project was really interesting. I can tell that you put a lot of time into it.
Great job Lauren! :D
Aussiescopper 1 year ago
That was really interesting, looking forward to the results on social interactions through colab channels. Also, it's nice to see you smiling and upbeat about what you're doing in college =]
Denyer88 1 year ago
You look so awesome<3 I love your hair:)
TheOwenIceCream 1 year ago
Really nice job, Lauren!
LoriAretz 1 year ago
Awesome job Lauren!
It looks like it took a lot of time and effort but you seem to really know your stuff and the poster looked awesome!
Congrats on almost being done college btw!! =D
NineYearOldToddlers 1 year ago
Great job! I was a research psych major and I would have loved to do such an interesting study. This makes me want to make more videos :D lol
kalaway 1 year ago
This is really interesting. Thanks for posting it! :)
escibs 1 year ago
Wow that paper sounds realy interesting! :) It was a really good idea, you did a great job! I have been subscribing and commenting on people's videos for a while now, and I feel that Youtube has changed me even though I don't vlog (though sometimes I 'm really tempted to!). I think what is happening on Youtube in unique and revolutionary, and I'm really glad that it has given me the chance to 'meet' certain people....you guys have basically restored my faith that truly awesome people exist! :)
Talilma 1 year ago
PS: I thought your hair looked great in this video too! :)
Talilma 1 year ago
Awesome project. Good job! :]
HPPirates 1 year ago
Oh, Lauren, this is amazing.
sweetlovesong 1 year ago
This is awesome Lauren!
whataboutadam 1 year ago 2
@whataboutadam Thanks, Adam! :D
devilishlypure 1 year ago
Awesome job ^.^
thelasthorcruxx 1 year ago
awesome : )
i love youuu
susipunkrockprincess 1 year ago
this was really awesome. good job! I hope you got/get a really good grade! best wishes!
gdespain 1 year ago
This made me smile! It's really interesting, thinking about how social networks change one's identity. I haven't experienced much of that so far myself (blogging doesn't count, I think) but I think it's a really fascinating subject! Great work, Lauren :D
acrrazywriter 1 year ago
I actually find I'm a lot MORE inhibited in my videos. I'm actually really nuts and weird and bubbly and sideways, but that doesn't come out in my videos. I'm working on it. ;)
barefootfiona 1 year ago
I loved this. What an amazing project.
itiselizabeth 1 year ago
Realy interesting paper that you did. I could not stop smiling the whole video, becous it was so good :)
SwimingPolarbear 1 year ago
that was interesting! =]
dinosaurpop 1 year ago