The document discusses the rise of YouTube and how it has changed home video sharing. It provides statistics on YouTube's growth and popularity. Additionally, it examines how home videos have evolved from being shared privately to becoming public content on platforms like YouTube. Examples are given of viral videos like Charlie Bit My Finger that gained widespread popularity on the site.

1. The Giants of
YouTube:
David vs. Charlie

2. Katie Elson Anderson
Rutgers University
MAPACA, November 4, 2011
Images of Childhood on

3.  Founded in 2005
 Purchased by Google in 2006
 Over 3 billion videos viewed per day
 800M unique visitors monthly
 700 billion: Number of playbacks in 2011
 13 million: Number of hours of video uploaded in
2010
 “Broadcast Yourself”
Searchenginewatch.com YouTube Stats
YouTube Statistics

4. Home Video
 Shared with family and friends
 Amateur
 Babies (capture changes)
 Mundane, everyday events
 Previously contained within private
circles

5. Technology
 Film (Super 8, 16mm)
 Video (VHS)
 Digital
 Web Cams/PC’s
 Phones
 Tablets

6. Sharing
 Single instance showing- people
came to your living room.
 VHS- Duplicate and share- America’s
Funniest Home Video
 Digital- email/upload to everyone’s
living room.

7. Toddler Online Presence
92% U.S
73% Western Europe
http://mashable.com/2010/10/07/toddlers-online-presence

8. Viral Video
The term "viral video" refers to video clip
content which gains widespread popularity
through the process of Internet sharing,
typically through email or instant
messages, blogs, and other media-sharing
websites, such as YouTube.
(urbandictionary.com)

9. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txqiwrbYGrs

10. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OBlgSz8sSM

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12. “Some of the comments on YouTube make you weep for the future of
humanity just for the spelling alone, never mind the obscenity and
the naked hatred.” -Lev Grossman

15. http://charliebit.me/category/charlie-bit-me-parodies/

17. Slide background Image adapted from Phillip Bragg’s May 2009
photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/synx508/3503645137/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOpOhlGiRTM -Lily
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YQpbzQ6gzs - Jimmy Kimmel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6DkBehMKU8 -David on Tosh