Watching YouTube: Extraordinary Videos by Ordinary People
An anonymous musician plays Pachelbel's Canon on the electric guitar in a clip that has been viewed over sixty million times. The Dramatic Gopher is viewed over sixteen million times, as is a severely inebriated David Hasselhoff attempting to eat a hamburger. Over 800 variations, parodies, and parodies-of-parodies are uploaded of Beyonce Knowles' Single Ladies dance. Tay Zonday sings Chocolate Rain in a video viewed almost forty million times and scores himself a record deal. Obama Girl...
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Watching YouTube raises questions about the future of cultural memory, identity, politics, warfare, and family life when everyday representational practices are altered by four billion cameras in the hands of ordinary people.
Table of ContentsIntroduction..........................................................................................11. Home Movies in a Global Village......................................................322. The Home and Family on YouTube..................................................633. Video Diaries: The Real You in YouTube.........................................1014. Women of the 'Tube........................................................................1345. The YouTube Community................................................................1666. The YouTube Wars: Elections, Religion, and Armed Conflict............2237. The Post-television Audience............................................................259Conclusion...........................................................................................299Endnotes..............................................................................................320Bibliography.........................................................................................397
