Youtube's big numbers:

Youtube produced more hours of programming in six month than during ABC's full 60 year run.

Youtube generates 9232 hours a day compared to the 385 on tv channels

200,000 3 minute videos

88% original content

Numa Numa and webcams:

The person found the song from a viral video (the internet)

2004 song originated from Europe

An estimated statistic for the amount of view times for the video is around 600,000,000

The first video on youtube was a webcam video

Machine is using us:

Every six months a tool that connects us in a new way

The music is from someone in Africa

was first shown on digg.com ( a User Generated Filter)

it was tagged on a website called delicious ( user generated organization)

user generated commentary (on blogs)- technocratic checks how many people are blogging the video

the video was number one during superbowl

within months it was translated in 12 languages

Research team:

All students

they make notes on youtube videos

Who's on youtube:

over 25% of all videos has someone 35 or over

the same amount for teenagers

What's on youtube:

alot of song on youtube about youtube

the most commonly uploaded videos on YouTube is home videos e.g. Charlie bit my finger which was redone over 2,000 times

15% of YouTube videos are remixes or remakes of other videos

soulja boy's first internet video makes him famous

addressed to people why?

10,000 of the 200,000 videos a day are addressed to the YouTube community

Understanding new forms of community through Participant Observation

They joined in etc, saw what it was like talking to a PC

Youtube as a community:

You don't know who you're talking to

first vlogs:

each are repeated once

The webcam: Everybody is watching where nobody is:

feels like the most private place but actually the most public

Re-cognition and new forms of self-awareness:

Whatever you post you now that someone will eventually see it

replay offers more understanding that first play

The Anonymity of Watching YouTube: Haters and Lovers:

You are anonymous so no own knows who's watching

Aesthetic Arrest:

People can do what they want when watching a video

allowed to express themselves without having to worry about the norms they must follow in society

Connection without Constraint:

YouTube offers connection with how that person wants to connect

Free Hugs: A hero for our mediated culture:

30,000,000 views

copied into hundreds of videos

YouTube Drama: Striving for popularity:

if you want to be seen from the 200,000 videos a day you need to do something unordinary

you need to catch the editor's eyes if you want to appear in the featured page

first came in on 2006

An early star: emokid21ohio

was fake

came in 2006

YouTube's Authenticity Crisis: the story of LonelyGirl15

people suspected she was fake

she was fake made by three writers

actually a soap opera

Reflections on Authenticity:

people don't trust youtube

Gaming the system / Exposing the System:

two or three of the top ten (any day) will feature a porn thumbnail even though it's a fake video to get people to click it

Seriously Playful Participatory Media Culture:

you never know where the camera will be and if it would be uploaded on YouTube

Networked Production: The Collab. MadV's "The Message" and the message of YouTube:

any remixing is illegal

Networked Production: The Collab. MadV's "The Message" and the message of YouTube

person remains anonymous

most responded video on youtube

Poem: The Little Glass Dot, The Eyes of the World:

from the little blue dot photo

Conclusion by bnessel1973:

numa numa song