According to “Always On,” MIT’s Henry Jenkins says that the success of YouTube is from the “creation of content around communities of interest.”
It’s not voyeurism and xhibitionism, he says. Or individual self display or expression.
And social networking, says Jenkins, is here to stay. In this short BeetTV clip, Jenkins talks about online video, and the constant proliferation of alternative social networks. (Courtesy of Jim Walker, MindPalace).
Coke and Google are soon to publish ROI data on a campaign in Germany that includes online video. The study isolates individuals who were not exposed to television but did see YouTube promotion, and reports incremental consumption data by various digital channels. Paid search leads, of course, and YouTube ranks high (far above banners, which showed…
This season’s “Viral on Veoh” opened with host Sunny Gault interviewing the creators of Zanzibar19.com… the snowman hunters. Sunny had her chance to pound a snowman.
Courtesy of Loaded Pun, here’s a clever “YouTube Anonymous” video that takes us deep into the psyche of someone obsessed with online video viewing & uploading on YouTube. Like most of my videos, it could use some tighter editing. But the payoff is worth the wait. Watch for her frizzy burnt hair, her nail chewing,…
I’ve written about YouTube gatherings before (here’s a previous post with a few of the websites devoted to gathering and meetups). On July12, YouTube community members will descend upon Philadelphia. For more information on this event, or to share information about your own event, please visit the new Ning group I established for gatherings. Here’s…
And here’s today’s episode of “Funny Stuff and Cheese,” the daily 12-12:30 talk show that’s on YouTube and one of the fastest growing iTunes talk/comedy shows. It’s hosted by “Mompreneur” Renae Christine and Tom Cote, who hosts my favorite Instragram channel featuring Buddy his pug with stuff balanced on his head. You should follow him…
Check out Diana, a random stranger on Chatroulette (where two webcams are randomly paired). Little did she know that a personalized love-song and proposal was waiting for her… by DoneRightJr on YouTube. Epic “top comment” below since Chatroulette is notorious for pervs.
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I think it has to do a little with voyeurism. Not like sitting in a tree outside someones window but sitting at your desk looking at people. They don’t know who exactly is looking at them but people are. I think it’s a human trait we all have to look at others and see what they might be doing and trying not to get caught while looking at them. Some people just take it way too far and get off on it.
Then again this guy is from MIT and I’m barely staying in college.
I agree with maxed. I remember checking out webcams as early as ’95-’96. Zoo cams, traffic cams, cams of tourist spots, and even personal (but not naughty. I’m not that kind of voyeur, plus, you had to pay for those!) cams – the cat cam was one of my favorites. Only the professional ones were streaming, so you only caught an image every 30 seconds, or so, but it was interesting to get a glimpse into other people’s lives. Viral video is just an extension of it, and it’s taken it to a whole new level.
how timly.
Dalisdolly those seem so long ago. Anyone remember the light bulb cam?