Social Impact of Youtube - Jin Wang s3237857

“If a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, What's a Video Worth?” Media Cultures 2 Jin Wang s3237857

- In a 2006 survey, 100 million video clips are viewed daily on YouTube, with an additional 65,000 new videos uploaded every 24 hours. - The website averages nearly 20 million visitors per month, where around 44% are female, 56% male, and the 12- to 17-year-old age group is dominant - During 2006, YouTube was one of the fastest growing websites on the Web, and was ranked the 5th most popular website on Alexa, far out pacing even MySpace's rate of growth - Youtube commands up to 64% of the UK online video market - On October 9, 2006, Google purchased Youtube by for US$1.65 billion in stock. - According to market research, YouTube users are 1.5 times more attentive and engaged in advertising than TV viewers.

YouTube is one of the worlds’ most popular video sharing websites, which anyone can post a video; these videos make their way into the public media and sometimes find their way onto the news, entertainment shows, and commercials. People can also use YouTube to communicate with others, the different tools within the site allow users to subscribe, add friends, comment, rate, view and share videos with the rest of the community. The types of videos on YouTube range from movie clips, TV clips, music videos, video blogs, comedy shows, live musical performances, and various other forms of media. Before the launch of YouTube in 2005, there were very few easy methods available for ordinary computer users who wanted to post videos online. With its simple interface, YouTube made it possible for anyone with an Internet connection to post a video that a worldwide audience could watch within a few minutes. The wide range of topics covered by YouTube has turned video sharing into one of the most important parts of Internet culture.

The CNN-YouTube Presidential Debates During the 2008 U.S Presidential Election, YouTube was utilized as a medium to promote, support, and publicized the presidential candidates and showcased the impact of political viral videos. For the first time in political history, the candidates took part in the CNN-YouTube presidential debates hosted by YouTube, in which viewers could submit their questions to YouTube within a certain time period, which were then submitted to the candidates. This is a huge step for presidential candidates as they can interact with the public via the Internet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd8f9Zqap6U

Youtube Symphony Orchestra The YouTube Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra assembled by open auditions hosted by YouTube, the London Symphony Orchestra and several other worldwide partners. Launched on December 1, 2008, it is the first-ever online collaborative orchestra. Winners, mostly amateur musicians, were invited to travel to New York in April 2009, to participate in the YouTube Symphony Orchestra summit, and play at Carnegie Hall. As of the concert date 15 million YouTube viewers had watched the audition tapes. The orchestra has more than 90 players from more than 30 countries, selected through auditions posted on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueJcRmfweSM

A viral video is one that becomes popular through the process of internet sharing, typically through video sharing websites and email. Thousands of these types of videos are viewed on YouTube and spreads rapidly across the internet. Most of these viral videos are spawned from amateurs, who become famous from them within a matter of minutes after uploading them.

The Free Hugs Campaign is a social movement involving individuals who offer hugs to strangers in public places. The campaign was started in 2004 by an Australian man known only by the pseudonym "Juan Mann". The campaign became famous internationally in 2006 as the result of a music video on YouTube, which is one of the most popular on the site, having been viewed over 50,000,000 times. International Free Hugs Day is celebrated on the first Saturday of July. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4

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Youtube, and other video blogging networks, have given anyone with access to the internet, the opportunity to broadcast either themselves, or other sorts of video media, onto the internet. Video blogging, or vlogging is a form of blogging for which the medium is video, and is a form of Internet television.

YouTube celebrities are those persons or groups who have grown to prominence due to their appearance in YouTube videos. For some users, Internet fame has led to unexpected results and, in some cases, crossovers into traditional media or entertainment avenues. Over the years many success stories have occurred leading users to record contracts, movie deals or world wide T.V appearances.

YouTube has given people the opportunity to upload their videos and share them with the world. Whether they are comedic videos, political videos, or just random clips from their favourite TV shows, YouTube has given the user full power. YouTube has made a huge impact on a variety of different aspects ranging from the presidential election, politics, promotion of talents, and commercials. Currently, YouTube is the United State’s third most viewed site on the web according to website Information Company, behind only Yahoo, and Google. It has passed social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook in web traffic, as well as amount of users. To this day, YouTube continues to grow at a fast rate.

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Social Impact of Youtube - Jin Wang s3237857

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