TOPIC 2 wk 4
Youtube
I chose Youtube as my user-generated content topic as I consider the site to be one large gallery of (supposedly) just that. Youtubebecame the 'in thing' around 2-3 years ago. It allowed registered users to upload videos of anything (as long as they confirmed it was their own content). Other users could browse videos using the search feature, look at related videos and video's by the same user.
The site now even includes a direct video response reel, so one can show their reaction more directly. Youtube allows one to blog, make films and series', comment on issues, post video game walkthroughs... The list goes on.
I believe Youtube got a lot of publicity from Myspace, with it's ability to copy and paste the correct URL into your Myspace HTML layout. Many Myspace users struggling to post music of their favourite artist because of copyright issues chose this method. Three years on and this is still a popular use of Youtube, however with it's popularity, music companies pressure the site to remove copyrighted material a lot more frequently. There is now even a Youtube site specifically for porn, in order to filter the seedier videos to a different location.
I believe it is because of Youtube that TV has changed so much. For example, (as mentioned in an earlier post) Tarrant on TV which hosted funny/rude clips from all over the world is now obsolete, as Youtube allows users personal direct access to any content. This program has been replaced by one called 'Rudetube' - a direct take on the name. This program counts down users favourite Internet material (and on the side offers free publicity to Youtube). This is yet another way of showing how new media and Internet communities are shaping and personalising our society.
I have a Youtube account which I use to comment and add my favourite Youtube series'. I often search from link to link for interesting material when I'm bored and find it not only informative but also entertaining.
Does anyone else have a Youtube account and what do they use the site for?
I chose Youtube as my user-generated content topic as I consider the site to be one large gallery of (supposedly) just that. Youtubebecame the 'in thing' around 2-3 years ago. It allowed registered users to upload videos of anything (as long as they confirmed it was their own content). Other users could browse videos using the search feature, look at related videos and video's by the same user.
The site now even includes a direct video response reel, so one can show their reaction more directly. Youtube allows one to blog, make films and series', comment on issues, post video game walkthroughs... The list goes on.
I believe Youtube got a lot of publicity from Myspace, with it's ability to copy and paste the correct URL into your Myspace HTML layout. Many Myspace users struggling to post music of their favourite artist because of copyright issues chose this method. Three years on and this is still a popular use of Youtube, however with it's popularity, music companies pressure the site to remove copyrighted material a lot more frequently. There is now even a Youtube site specifically for porn, in order to filter the seedier videos to a different location.
I believe it is because of Youtube that TV has changed so much. For example, (as mentioned in an earlier post) Tarrant on TV which hosted funny/rude clips from all over the world is now obsolete, as Youtube allows users personal direct access to any content. This program has been replaced by one called 'Rudetube' - a direct take on the name. This program counts down users favourite Internet material (and on the side offers free publicity to Youtube). This is yet another way of showing how new media and Internet communities are shaping and personalising our society.
I have a Youtube account which I use to comment and add my favourite Youtube series'. I often search from link to link for interesting material when I'm bored and find it not only informative but also entertaining.
Does anyone else have a Youtube account and what do they use the site for?
Labels: Week 4
posted by Joanne at
13:40
3 Comments:
I don't have a youtube account, i've only ever used the site to look at the odd video a friend has mentioned.
I am a keen youtuber (6,958 videos so far, and counting!) I watch stuff on there at least a few times a day. I like your point about youtube changing tv. I think it's important to consider the quality of youtube videos and how this might change what we want to see. Home videos and youtube clips are frequently accepted on TV now where as before youtube i believe such quality would have been laughed at. Do you think Youtube effects the quality of what is accepted now?
Nice comment!
Yes, thinking about it, I think it does affect how much quality we expect from our videos. I think more than anything, TV programs are having to think of things they can offer us that we cannot get from Youtube. A few years ago, channels 4 and 5 showed weird and wacky things after 22:00. Now it's mainly teleshopping. It's also interesting to note the amount of new music artists on Youtube vs established artists. I think many music companies use Youtube to promote newer artists and get free publication.
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