A brief history of YouTube. This is a part of a study on YouTube conducted by an anthropology class at Kansas State University. For a full script of this video, along with references and notes, please go to http://mediatedcultures.net/ksudigg/?p=108.

a short video summarizing some of the most important characteristics of students today - how they learn, what they need to learn, their goals, hopes, dreams, what their lives will be like, and what kinds of changes they will experience in their lifetime. Created by Michael Wesch in collaboration with 200 students at Kansas State University. Music...

This was part of a class project of an ethnography of YouTube. My role was to explain "Why Do You Tube?" using the original 370 responses that "boh3m3" received. The project took place during the Spring semester of 2007 at Kansas State University. To see our work, visit our blog at http://mediatedcultures.net/ksudigg. If you have any questions o...

Reality Question for you YouTubers! I am part of a team of researchers doing an ethnography of YouTube culture for a class at Kansas State University taught by Dr. Michael Wesch (mwesch). We are creating a video documentary of YouTube that will be posted to YouTube at the conclusion of our research. We will also be writing papers and giving confere...

We cant touch. we cant look. That is unhealthy... I am part of a team of researchers doing an ethnography of YouTube culture for a class at Kansas State University taught by Dr. Michael Wesch (mwesch). We are creating a video documentary of YouTube that will be posted to YouTube at the conclusion of our research. We will also be writing papers and...

Collage of vlogger videos showing the humanity in YouTube. Draft version. I made this though inspiration of a few vloggers and vlog trends I have seen, including video responses, outtakes, humor, and the ability to open up on camera. Thank you to all who have graciously allowed their videos to be used. I am part of a team of researchers doing an ...

Reality as a cultural construct. Is there an objective reality? is it all subjective? I try to answer my own question on whether YouTube produces reality...and FAIL to watch the time. my bad. I am part of a team of researchers doing an ethnography of YouTube culture for a class at Kansas State University taught by Dr. Michael Wesch (mwesch). We ar...

I'm fascinated by the open dialogue Youtube fosters. And I'd like to know more. I am part of a team of researchers doing an ethnography of YouTube culture for a class at Kansas State University taught by Dr. Michael Wesch. We are creating a video documentary of YouTube that will be posted to YouTube at the conclusion of our research. We will also ...

I am part of a team of researchers doing an ethnography of YouTube culture for a class at Kansas State University taught by Dr. Michael Wesch (mwesch). We are creating a video documentary of YouTube that will be posted to YouTube at the conclusion of our research. We will also be writing papers and giving conference presentations on this research. ...

Close to my previous question...what are the hallmarks of authenticity? when does a video start to stray from it? I noticed my physical pose here does look a little staged, but ive been sitting like that for hours. it works out on that chair. somehow. I am part of a team of researchers doing an ethnography of YouTube culture for a class at Kansas ...

This video is part of a term project about YouTube and the Academic world. To find out more check out my web essay at: http://web.mac.com/kathyama59/youtube_and_ed/Part_3.html The videos referenced are: Barry Libert Mzinga: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rn8WMTE9wc Participatory Cultures: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H3UzRtmX24 Guernica - Vanc...

Theorectically informed research begins with serious consideration of published literature regarding the topic at hand. I am part of a team of researchers doing an ethnography of YouTube culture for a class at Kansas State University taught by Dr. Michael Wesch (mwesch). We are creating a video documentary of YouTube that will be posted to YouTub...

Final version now available! http://youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g http://mediatedcultures.net Web 2.0 in just under 5 minutes. This is the 2nd draft, and I plan on doing one more final draft. Please leave comments on what could be changed or improved, or what needs to be excluded or included. Subscribe if you want to be notified when the re...

Web 2.0 will force us to rethink everything through publishing more of the written word?

A Student's Journey and discovery of YouTube - Learning from the Digital Ethnography Working Group @ KSU. http://youtube.com/groups_members?name=ksudigg This video tracks the journey I began when researching the question - Why do people blog? - as a project for one of my Information Science classes. I first posed the question in a class discus...

This video explores the changes in the way we find, store, create, critique, and share information. This video was created as a conversation starter, and works especially well when brainstorming with people about the near future and the skills needed in order to harness, evaluate, and create information effectively. High Quality WMV download: ht...

Using the Web 2.0 NEW digital Machine to download any Youtube video with ONE single click! Probably the best Youtube video download tool ever available. Quickly and easily video downloading with Web 2.0 tools.

Draft video of how authenticity is determined on the tube. This video is a compilation of videos used to discuss authenticity on YouTube. LonelyGirl15 is an example of authenticity or lack thereof, as her vlogs helped shape how vloggers define authentic and inauthentic, despite the ability to create new identities, enviroments, and so forth. We ar...

This is a video I put together during a digital ethnography course at Kansas State University in the Spring of 2007

For more information go to: http://mediatedcultures.net/youtube.htm Please subscribe to our profile pages, ask us questions, answer our questions, or just hang out. Team members include: thepoasm http://www.youtube.com/user/thepoasm abo46n2 http://www.youtube.com/user/abo46n2 cschwiet http://www.youtube.com/user/cschwiet MaKMelman http://www....

A music video made by combining some footage I shot with some driving footage from CL Evans. The song is "Peace At Last" by Hem.

Today, perhaps 7 hours ago, a news station was in our classroom doing a story on our project. about 6 hours ago i called my mother. and about a half hour ago, i watched it. www.49abcnews.com (the YouTube Story with KSU) If you dont know already, I'm a part of a class at Kansas State University..digital ethnography. Essentially, were doing a cult...

As a short addition to a study of YouTube, this piece notes the changes in campaigning and of political dialogue on YouTube from previous mediums.

incomplete final draft of my video for my digital ethnography class at Kansas State University. Mid-way through making this video I had the urge to take another direction, but didn't have the time.

A rough draft of a video I made for my digital ethnography class touching on the significance of different forms of media in our lives. I am one of a team of undergraduate students at Kansas State University working under Professor Michael Wesch.

my 2¢

The idea of blackmail....and privacy from "important people". My videos have a few different audiences, which usually see different sides of me. these worlds collide on video presentations to not only the youtube community, but others.....does this mean no obscene jokes or gestures? gahh... After saying that, allow me to become a bit more professi...

I was just so excited that I made a second string of taped incoherent babble. But i was thinking...its amazing, we speak into this device in hopes that an audience, anonymous or not, will hear. long after the words were actually uttered....

This is a 7 min. video on Ford and Taylor Scientific Management.

It may be rough....