YouTube
I love looking at random stuff on the internet, though occasionally this takes me into realms that require fleeing. Random page on Wikipedia is always good for boredom. YouTube is also good, though the fleeing factor is a bit higher.
One of the classes that I took last semester was Media Studies. This being an election year, one of the assignments was evaluating a medium used in the campaign. Having noticed that CNN joined with YouTube to produce/sponsor a debate, I went with that. The basic premise of the paper was that 1) the debate seemed more democratic, in the sense of having the general public involved, and 2) the debate legitimised YouTube as an information source/record database. (If I can find it, I'll post the paper on my other lj.)
As part of this, I have been keeping informal track of "official" channels on YouTube.
Obviously both the Republican and Democratic parties have channels.
CNN
Queen Elizabeth II is using YouTube to archive her Christmas addresses and other video clips.
Queen Rania of Jordan had a video Q&A specifically for non-Muslims to ask questions about Islam, the Middle East, and Jordan.
Billy Joel has posted some official music videos.
Microsoft has joined YouTube and posted the Gates/Seinfeld ads.
Apple does not. This one I actually searched for. Now I know that if I look, which I did today, there are tons of "official" channels, including Richardson, The New York Times, etc. But what I was most interested in was the ones that I found in the course of surfing within my own interests. What do I find while searching for something else or just reading.
Of course, now I need to find what, if any, studies have been done on how/if this changes anything.
One of the classes that I took last semester was Media Studies. This being an election year, one of the assignments was evaluating a medium used in the campaign. Having noticed that CNN joined with YouTube to produce/sponsor a debate, I went with that. The basic premise of the paper was that 1) the debate seemed more democratic, in the sense of having the general public involved, and 2) the debate legitimised YouTube as an information source/record database. (If I can find it, I'll post the paper on my other lj.)
As part of this, I have been keeping informal track of "official" channels on YouTube.
Obviously both the Republican and Democratic parties have channels.
CNN
Queen Elizabeth II is using YouTube to archive her Christmas addresses and other video clips.
Queen Rania of Jordan had a video Q&A specifically for non-Muslims to ask questions about Islam, the Middle East, and Jordan.
Billy Joel has posted some official music videos.
Microsoft has joined YouTube and posted the Gates/Seinfeld ads.
Apple does not. This one I actually searched for. Now I know that if I look, which I did today, there are tons of "official" channels, including Richardson, The New York Times, etc. But what I was most interested in was the ones that I found in the course of surfing within my own interests. What do I find while searching for something else or just reading.
Of course, now I need to find what, if any, studies have been done on how/if this changes anything.