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Watching YouTube: Extraordinary Videos by Ordinary People »

Authors: Michael Strangelove
ISBN-13: 9781442641457, ISBN-10: 1442641452
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Date Published: May 2010
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Michael Strangelove

Michael Strangelove is a lecturer in the Department of Communication at the University of Ottawa.

Book Synopsis

Watching YouTube raises questions about the future of cultural memory, identity, politics, warfare, and family life when everyday representational practices are altered by four billion cameras in the hands of ordinary people.

Table of Contents

Introduction..........................................................................................	1
1. Home Movies in a Global Village......................................................	32
2. The Home and Family on YouTube..................................................	63
3. Video Diaries: The Real You in YouTube.........................................	101
4. Women of the 'Tube........................................................................	134
5. The YouTube Community................................................................	166
6. The YouTube Wars: Elections, Religion, and Armed Conflict............	223
7. The Post-television Audience............................................................	259
Conclusion...........................................................................................	299
Endnotes..............................................................................................	320
Bibliography.........................................................................................	397

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