by Alexandra Juhasz •

Credits

Learning From YouTube
by Alexandra Juhasz
design by Craig Dietrich

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1. YouTours
   1. HOW TO USE THIS VIDEO-BOOK
   2. Pre-Tour: YOUTUBE IS ...
   3. Pre-Tour: THE CLASS
   4. Pre-Tour: THIRDTUBE!
   5. Bad Video/Corporate Media
   6. Chaos/Control
   7. Distraction/Depth
   8. Public/Private
   9. Corporation/User
   10. Isolation/Connection
   11. NicheTube/Popularity
   12. Entertainment/Education
   13. Real/Parody
   14. Punk/DIY
   15. Post-Tour: LESSONS LEARNED
   16. Post-Tour: USER-GENERATED TEXTEOS
   17. Post-Tour: PANDEMIC MEDIA (2022)
2. Tags
   1. Access
   2. Activism
   3. Amateur
   4. Architecture
   5. Capitalism
   6. Censorship
   7. Class Work
   8. Community
   9. Context
   10. Convergence
   11. Documentary

   1. HomeMovie
   2. Identity
   3. Isolation
   4. Pedagogy
   5. PomoTV
   6. Praxis
   7. VBlog
   8. Vernacular
   9. VideoStylo
   10. Viral
   11. Visibility
3. Voice
   1. Contribute new texteo
   2. Report: link, video, typo
4. Search
5. More
   1. Online Resources
   2. Online Citations
   3. Glossary
   4. Credits
   5. Site Map

Nicola, one of Professor Juhasz's LFYT students, discusses the absence of tangibility and personal ownership within YouTube. Filmed with a Mac's built in camera (isight) within the application "Photobooth," Nicola's video replicates the standard and unimpressive video quality inherent to most YouTube videos. Her "Photobooth" pre-set backgrounds (an aquarium and outer-space) remind the viewer to examine the difference between reality and representation. Nicola argues that YouTube users do not feel responsible for their actions or uploads on Youtube because they do not own their videos.