Christopher+Card's+An+Anthropological+Introduction+to+YouTube+notes

Know


 * What anthropology is
 * About the infectious spread of the Numa Numa song and dance videos.
 * About the "Machine is using Us" video
 * The effects and causes Youtube has on watchers and the watched
 * Free Hug experiment
 * The legality of the Internet

Want to know


 * The types of copyrights that are out there and what each one allows and how copyright laws change from country to country/ continent to continent and how they work with each other
 * Anthropology in general
 * Free hug experiment
 * Why things like "fake" Youtube stars upset that community so much. It's a place to express one's self no matter what isn't it?
 * With so many people having morals like those expressed on the hand videos, why is our society seemingly degrading?
 * Where are these anthropologists now and how would this video be different today?

Learn


 * ABC started broadcasting in 1948/statistics comparing Youtube to television (88% original, more content every day, etc)
 * The mediascape and how large and complex the user-generated portion of the internet is(digg, delicious, technorati )
 * Soulja Boi "Crank Dat" music stats, grammy nomination
 * Personal vlogging's effects on the vloggers themselves and they are addressed to Youtubers
 * The effects and causes Youtube has on watchers and the watched
 * Free Hug experiment
 * Lonelygirl15 so-called "scandal"
 * The idea that "right to property" illegal is corrosive and corrupting to the younger generations and society.
 * Community, desires, reality as expressed through the video