Sereen's+An+Anthropological+Introduction+to+YouTube

Know -Changing the world -When women began to work there was less free time - we are disconnected, but connected in other ways -Technology is always emerging -The internet cannot make up for the things we miss in real life -The computer creates a new identity -We are anonymous on the computer where we are free -Self understanding -Drama -YouTube is a new way of expression, communication, identity, and community -Not all real -Videos go global -A copping mechanism -Videos become new phenominons -Technology is always emerging -The internet cannot make up for the things we miss in real life -The computer creates a new identity -We are anonymous on the computer where we are free

Want to know -Why is recognition more impotant to us then cognition? -Why is it so satisfying to hide behind a fake character on the computer? -Why do we become what we make up? -Do we know where our media is going? -do we live our life in total prohibition?

Learn -when media changes, human relationships change -Through Anthropology you can come up with tons of data based on rank, comments, views, notes, etc -"She is no more real or ficticious than the portions of our personalities that we choose to show (or hide) when we interact with the people around us. " -Lonelygirl15 creators -In 1948 NBC became the 3rd largest network and if they broadcasted those three networks for 60 years x the number of dats per year x the the hours in a day there is over 1.5 million hours of programming. YouTube produced more than that in 6 months with no producers. -Every day 9232 hours are uploaded which is equivalent to 385 always-on TV channels -88% is original content -Every six months there is a new form of communication