LFYT midterm

Learning From YouTube midterm

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[angryutuber001]

I think it may be more effective for us to focus on the indirect ways in which youtube can help us learn and contribute to society rather than focusing on how it directly teaches us. Several video bloggers that I personally have learned a lot from started out on the site, and while I never actually watched them on youtube, it served as a launching point for them to make interesting and educational commentary on the Internet.

[geboris]

A few things bothered me about this video. 1: What's wrong with a predisposition to shiny objects? Author seemed pretty condescending on that topic. If that's an audience you want to convert, learn to talk to them and not down to them. 2: Text was moving way too fast. You'd need to keep flashing shiny objects near the bottom to keep me on track.

[jezobeljones]

I meant: cannot transport critical thoughT.

[jezobeljones]

This is pretty cool, in that it shows the limitations of youtube and image culture perfectly - while 'reading' your video, I thought: damn, do you have a transcript somewhere? So maybe Adorno is right: Images cannot transport critical though (Postman said that was well, but Adorno is the more consistent thinker).