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Art or Circus? Characterizing User-Created Video on YouTube
Art or Circus? Characterizing User-Created Video on YouTube
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Landry, Brian M.
Guzdial, Mark
Guzdial, Mark
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Video and networking technologies have advanced such that
posting and viewing video online is practical. Everyday people
now post video online to communicate asynchronously
with remote audiences. This paper explores the forms in
which people communicate on the popular video sharing website
YouTube. It also examines whether end-user video creators
on YouTube use plot-based storytelling as a communication
strategy. We analyzed popular content on YouTube
and found the majority of that content showcases everyday
people engaging in uncommon activities. Furthermore, a small
minority of popular video actually tells a story. Based on
our findings, we propose the compostion gap as a means of
conceptualizing the disparity between video content on You-
Tube and professional content. We then discuss opportunities
for designing technologies to support communication
through performance-based video as well as story-based video.
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2008
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