This was yet another fascinating video by Michael Wesch on digital ethnography. I was very surprised that he could discuss YouTube for nearly an hour and always have something new to say. He also gave a lot of history behind some of the most famous videos, which changed the way I looked at some of them. I knew about LonelyGirl15, but I didn't know that there was such a push back from the YouTube community when her authenticity was in doubt.
As for what we need to include, and I'm not sure that it should be a requirement, but I plan to make some of my personal videos for this class a reaction to other YouTube videos.
And here's a video that I kept thinking about during Wesch's talk. It's by Weezer and it a tribute to the YouTube sensations of the last 10 years.
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