1. When was YouTube first released?
April 23 2005
2. According to Michael Wesch what does Web 2.0 allow people to do?
Take part in the internet
Easily upload footage and things they have create - don't have to cost anything
Linking people in ways they have never been linked before
People can collaborate over time and space
Can search all of their interests through tags etc
Connects different website together - Facebook, Myspace and YouTube etc
3. When media changes what else changes?
Human relation changes
4. What influenced the loss of community? And what has now filled this void?
The rise of suburban living where everyone is disconnected from each other as they live individual lives but the internet fills this void as people can connect with others
5. How are communities connected?
Different websites
Tags
6. Explain what he means by voyeuristic capabilities?
People put sexy' images as thumbnails as people are more likely to watch videos with it in
7. Write 3 points about what he refers when he discusses playing with identity
Looking glass self - mediation
When you make the video, others aren't just watching you, you in the future could too - mediating this
8. What does the 'Free hugs phenomenon' suggest about people?
Anonymous people sharing a connection
Becomes an icon and others copy
People are trying to reconnect with humanity
18-24 and 25-34 more likely to be in YouTube
When you talk you're sizing up the context - online there is no context - context collapse - you don't know who you're talking to and you're awkward
anonymity + physical distance + rare and ephemerical
"aestetic arrest" - people just can't stop staring
Cultural tension - crave connection = constraint - internet allows people to deeply connect without being constrained
The internet, social networking sites and content sharing sites like YouTube are chnging how identity is perceived and constructed
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