Reading YouTube
Subtitle: the critical viewers guide
By: Anandam Kavoori
Series: Digital formations -- v. 64; Digital formations -- v. 64.
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9781433109799; 9781433109805
Subjects: Social aspects; Internet videos; Online social networks; Cultural pluralism in mass media; YouTube (Electronic resource)
Description: How does one make sense of YouTube? Through genre analysis and digital media criticism, this book presents an accessible, yet critical introduction for "reading" YouTube. It identifies certain videos by genre and provides a thumbnail textual analysis of the videos. Designed primarily for classroom use, the book develops a conceptual language for students to use as they engage with the complex, interactive texts of YouTube and digital culture more generally. -- Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Fame; title: The phenom; title: Icons; title: A viral childhood; title: Where the domesticated things are; title: A viral dance; title: There's music in the machine; title: Lights, politics, youtube; title: Let's get physical; title: Media, media on the wall; title: The identity game; title: Other genres; title: The short; title: The mirror; title: The morph; title: The witness; title: The word; title: The experiment.