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| Title: | YouTube and You: Experiences of Self-awareness in the Context Collapse of the Recording Webcam |
| Authors: | Wesch, Michael |
| Publication Date: | 2009 |
| Type: | Article (publisher version) |
| Journal: | Explorations in Media Ecology |
| Volume: | 8 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Starting Page: | 19 |
| Ending Page: | 34 |
| Keywords: | YouTube
New media
Goffman
Self-awareness
Webcam
Online video
Self
Anthropology
Ethnography |
| Abstract: | New media not only introduce new ways for us to express ourselves, but also new
forms of self-awareness—new ways to reflect on who we are and how we relate to
others. This article analyzes the experiences of self-awareness generated by creating, viewing, and responding to deeply personal, unaddressed vlogs on YouTube.
Using a symbolic interactionist framework, it is argued that the globally connected,
recording webcam linking privatized spaces creates a context for sharing profound
moments of self-refl ection and for creating connections that are experienced as profoundly deep yet remain ephemeral and loose. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2097/6302 |
| Appears in Collections: | Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work Faculty Research and Publications
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