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YouTube: Rise of the Celebrity Pranksters by Andrew Savage
... Nowadays, there are tens of thousands of people filming themselves in public doing provocative things, trying to become the next YouTube celebrity prankster ...
Youtube: A Worldwide Talent Show, by Brian Gose
... People with the best videos are rewarded with lucrative contracts, celebrity, and money ...
YouTube Tour #2, Entertainment: Humor, Spectacle, Self-Referentiality (February 14, 2008)
... Both spectacle and self-referentiality are key to this staple ease: a visual or aural sensation (crash, breast, celebrity's face, signature beat, extreme talent, pathos) often being the iconic center or totality of a video (spectacle), or an already recognizable bite of media holding the same function (self-referentiality)—understandable in a heartbeat, knowable without thinking, this is media already encrusted with social meaning or feeling ...
YOUTUBE IS WHERE WE GO IT ALONE
... For visibility to have meaning, impact, or power (beyond the indisputable pleasures of self- or celebrity-recognition), it must be connected to specific social-change goals ...
YOUTUBE IS A POMO TV
... (But maybe this isn't so new: TV ad, anyone?) The quintessential YouTube video is easy to get, in both senses of the word: simple-to-understand—an idea reduced to an icon or gag—while also effortless to get to: one click! A visual or aural sensation (car crash, big booty, celebrity's maw, signature beat, extreme talent), or an already recognizable bite of media serve as the best videos' iconic center ...
Youtube as the Ultimate Instrument Demo Database, by Zach Shpizner
... His videos are very typical fot he semi-pro style, and he is something of a youtube celebrity within this subculture ... ... Many fathom he keeps his identity hidden because of his celebrity status, as they reckon that gearmandude is in fact actor/comedian Jack Black, who is known for his southern twang, distinctive voice, upbeat attitude, rock 'n roll mentality, and love of music--All characteristics they both share ...
YouTube and the Celebrity by Hannah Ginsburg
... So why wouldn't anyone want to become a celebrity?It used to be hard to become a celebrity ... ... As many know, one of the first individuals on YouTube who became a top celebrity was Justin Bieber ... ... An example of the YouTube celebrity is Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox who form the YouTube channel SMOSH ...
StupidTube, by Chris Blees
... YouTube has also redefined celebrity, acting both as a platform to stardom for new artists, and regulating factor over current celebrities ...
Q&A #2 with Henry Jenkins (February 20, 2008)
... In what way did this media coverage distort or simplify your goals as a teacher? What advice might you offer to other educators who found themselves caught up in a similar media storm? AJ: The mainstream media attention served as a huge distraction and energy-drain for the course, while also being highly informative about one of the main functionalities of YouTube: popularity/celebrity ... ... I must admit, it was downright baffling to me how my students initially could not seem to see the systems of popularity or celebrity as constructed, as made to keep them distracted ... ... When our pretty massive visibility led to prying cameras that took up a lot of classroom space and time but never bothered to see or understand our project with any depth, and a media culture that ridiculed us without interviewing us, the idea of celebrity as an unquestionable good in itself was easily cracked open for the students ...
Performance Art and YouTube by Amy Griffin
... The artist found that most people were confused by the content, and many thought that it was simply a celebrity stunt piece ... ... Online, it became a game of spot the celebrity and lost all meaning of the piece's original aim for empathy ...
On YouTube Celebrity and SCALE (September 15, 2007)
... But beyond this, given that my documentary SCALE: Measuring Might in the Media Age is all about celebrity, the power of not being known while still doing good work, and the Left's inability to successfully think through how or why to use the media machine as a way toward power and change, it seems downright ridiculous that I'm suddenly having just such a moment—after having determined that the nature and focus of my work would, by definition, keep it small, intimate, and in my control, and given how radical I am ...
Learning from YouTube (September 7, 2007)
... I was excited to see that in the second class, and with only the most superficial of assignments, the students were already touching on many of the BIG IDEAS about YouTube and digital culture: its postmodern reliance on humor, celebrity, and referentiality to mainstream culture; its democratic function as soap box for the talent/opinions/expression of regular people; its mind-numbing, time-wasting superficiality; the raucous and unruly nature of the conversations it produces ...
Fred's Fans Hate Fred
... While Miserlou fails at showing us what he hates—Fred, or Fred merchandise, or Fred's off YouTube celebrity—his juvenile, even infantile anger stays in focus ...
Fox It Is and Fox Is It (September 21, 2007)
... And that's my last post on celebrity and YouTube even if I have to play this game for more than the time being ...
Everyday or traditional activities filmed staged or made to be posted on YouTube? by Bree Serna
... Those being the lower costs of filming " real life," the abundance of individuals willing to get a shot at being in the lime-light even if only for a split second, the high turnover of people being in these reality television shows and YouTube videos reaching some sort of celebrity, and as of more recently in relation to YouTube all the Advertisement, marketing, and opportunities that come between videos or scenes ...
EvanTube by Chloe Kissane
... A fun bonding activity between Evan and his dad has evolved into Evan becoming an online celebrity ...
A Haven for the Homemade Celebrity Chef, by Kamilla Rifkin
YouTube is a space where users can both adore and critique the corporate idols ...
