Anthropological Introduction to YouTube

Thanks to Matthew’s post on Data Mining, I came across this very interesting video about the anthropological nature and impact of YouTube. The talk was given by Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural and Digital Ethnography at the Library of Congress. The video is long, but well worth the time.

Also, check out Mike’s other video that went viral some time ago. Also pretty wonderful:

…I guess now I’m part of the anthropology of it all.


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