Welcome to Anthro Vlog! This is a research site that is used to collect and analyze information on today’s digital participation. I hope to promote an exchange of ideas about the use of media such as video sharing and what it can accomplish socially, emotionally, artistically, technically, and personally for online participants. Please note that any materials or comments posted on this site may be used for research purposes and may inform academic analysis in journal articles, information posted on other Internet sites, reports, conference presentations, and classroom materials. Children under 18 are not allowed to post to this site. Any material not deemed suitable to the research project will be removed at the researcher’s discretion. The site is used as part of a MacArthur-funded Digital Youth study which is being conducted by the University of Southern California and the University of California, Berkeley. The study examines how people use digital technologies such as such as video, blogs, video/music production tools, video sharing sites such as YouTube and blipTV, discussion boards, Internet messaging, and computer games. We are trying to understand what is important and interesting about using digital technologies. We hope to take what we learn to consider how new online environments might be designed and how education and schools might make use of new technologies and online environments. For more information about the study please see: http://groups.sims.berkeley.edu/digitalyouth/ For more information about Dr. Lange see: patriciaglange.org. If you are interested in being interviewed for the study and/or have any further questions about this project, please contact: Dr. Patricia G. Lange, Institute for Multimedia Literacy, University of Southern California by email at: plange@cinema.usc.edu.
I had the opportunity to speak with Jean Burgess and Joshua Green about their new book, called YouTube: Online Video and Participatory Culture. They completed a large-scale content survey of certain categories on YouTube that might be seen as "the most popular." Here, they talk a bit about what they found and whether or not prior assumptions that have been reported about YouTube's content lined up to the videos they examined in their sample. Please note that this is a research site and that co...
Well, I decided to try and make a video greeting card. I know the baker personally! Enjoy! The music is used by permission from Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com Please note that this is a research site and that comments posted to the site may be used in research. For more information about the study and how posted comments are used in research please see: http://anthrovlog.wordpress.com/about/
Maybe I should have called this video "Freeway Angel." Please note that this is a research site and that comments posted to the site may be used in research. For more information about the study and how posted comments are used in research please see: http://anthrovlog.wordpress.com/about/
I found it fascinating to see people's comfort zones and boundaries with video making being pushed at this gathering of YouTube participants in Minneapolis. Please note that this is a research site and that comments posted to the site may be used in research. For more information about the study and how posted comments are used in research please see: http://anthrovlog.wordpress.com/about/
Recently, I was in Montreal and luckily I had my camera when I stumbled onto this sculpture again. This time, I got to see it at night! Then later, I found him a "friend." Please note that this is a research site and that comments posted to the site may be used in research. For more information about the study and how posted comments are used in research please see: http://anthrovlog.wordpress.com/about/
Linguistic paradoxes are so much fun. Please note that this is a research site and that comments posted to the site may be used in research. For more information about the study and how posted comments are used in research please see: http://anthrovlog.wordpress.com/about/
What if an abstract painting could move? The setting: Rotterdam. Before sunrise. On my way to the airport. Time for just a few more shots. But it's so dark. Just one more. Please note that this is a research site and that comments posted to the site may be used in research. For more information about the study and how posted comments are used in research please see: http://anthrovlog.wordpress.com/about/
I was fortunate to have Professor Kuhn from the School of Cinematic Arts at USC join me once again. This time we talk about fair use and how ideas about media remix are changing. The four criteria Professor Kuhn mentioned are: Purpose (ex. non-commercial, educational) Nature (ex. criticism, scholarship, news, satire, teaching) Amount used (ex. use no more than is necessary to achieve goals) Effect on Market (ex. an assessment is made of the potential harm to the market for the copyrighted work...
I just couldn't resist. Legoland is definitely worth a visit. The Lego busts you see in the video (1:08) are of: Luciano Pavarotti Salvador Dali Please note that this is a research site and that comments posted to the site may be used in research. For more information about the study and how posted comments are used in research please see: http://anthrovlog.wordpress.com/about/
Some interesting art in San Francisco! Please note that this is a research site and that comments posted to the site may be used in research. For more information about the study and how posted comments are used in research please see: http://anthrovlog.wordpress.com/about/