An Anthropological Introduction To Youtube
Do yourself a favour and take some time to watch Professor Michael Wesch’s brilliant presentation to the Library of Congress, June 23, 2008. The video is 55 minutes long, but is an excellent backgrounder to social media, user-generated content, and online communities through the lens of anthropology.
This will be required viewing for my students.
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:08 am
Spectacular. I’m going to use this video with my Contemporary Issues class. Thanks for sharing.
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:37 am
Wow…I’ve just watched the first 10 minutes and I can’t put it down. Thanks for posting it, Alec. Just as Wendy said, I’m going to definitely use this!
August 6th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
[...] Alec posted a link to this a few days ago, and I finally got around to watching the video. It’s Professor Michael Wesch’s presentation to the Library of Congress, where he talked about the anthropological effects he observed after producing his awesome video essay The Machine is Us/ing Us. [...]
August 6th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Thanks for posting this Alec! I really enjoyed this presentation while laughing and gaining some valuable insights. He tied together so many things that we briefly touched on in our ECMP class this past spring. I definitely had more than a few ‘aha’ moments!
August 6th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
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August 7th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
[...] “An anthropological introduction to YouTube” is where “traditional” academic research and the new media landscape intersect. It is the anthropological perspective and study of our generation’s fascination with YouTube, and is itself viewable on Wesch’s YouTube page. Check it out; I started watching it and couldn’t stop. The fifty-five minutes flew by like a lunch break. The video itself is licensed CC BY-NC-SA. [...]
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August 9th, 2008 at 9:45 am
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August 9th, 2008 at 10:24 am
[...] “An anthropological introduction to YouTube” is where “traditional” academic research and the new media landscape intersect. It is the anthropological perspective and study of our generation’s fascination with YouTube, and is itself viewable on Wesch’s YouTube page. Check it out; I started watching it and couldn’t stop. The fifty-five minutes flew by like a lunch break. The video itself is licensed CC BY-NC-SA. [...]
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August 15th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Great video, great content. I like the anthropological and social view in this video.
Thanks Alec
Best
Luis
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:21 am
[...] “An anthropological introduction to YouTube” is where “traditional” academic research and the new media landscape intersect. It is the anthropological perspective and study of our generation’s fascination with YouTube, and is itself viewable on Wesch’s YouTube page. Check it out; I started watching it and couldn’t stop. The fifty-five minutes flew by like a lunch break. The video itself is licensed CC BY-NC-SA. [...]
September 4th, 2008 at 2:47 am
[...] “An anthropological introduction to YouTube” is where “traditional” academic research and the new media landscape intersect. It is the anthropological perspective and study of our generation’s fascination with YouTube, and is itself viewable on Wesch’s YouTube page. Check it out; I started watching it and couldn’t stop. The fifty-five minutes flew by like a lunch break. The video itself is licensed CC BY-NC-SA. [...]
November 30th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
This was amazing…thanks so much for posting. I am using it for two of my classes…
February 17th, 2009 at 2:21 am
Thank you for such a great video. I have learned a lot by reading on this website and great information.
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