YouTube

=History of YouTube=

Why do you use YouTube? Why do you think people use it so much? What does it say about the times we are living in? What does YouTube show about our culture in the year 2010?

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 * The History of YouTube (3:52)**

[|Digital Ethnography YouTube Project]**:** This is a project led by Kansas State University's [|Michael Wesch], a leader in digital ethnography and dubbed "the explainer" by //Wired Magazine//. Wesch asked his anthropology students to create a 3-5 minute video about some aspect of the YouTube community. Some of the videos created by the students are featured on this web page. The videos are very intriguing, highlighting the culture of YouTube. The video embedded above was created by one of Michael Wesch's students.
 * YouTube Project**

[|An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube]--This was a presentation by Michael Wesch to The Library of Congress in 2008. This video really gives you a great understanding of YouTube culture and why we are so fascintaed with it! (55:33 in length)