Thanks to YouTube and other video sharing websites, over a short period of time millions of ordinary people have become regular viewers and creators of user-generated online videos. In this paper we explore how users react to these videos and differences among user groups. Our exploratory study of 60 YouTube users found that women and men, community members and non-members, and lurkers and posters differed in their reactions to user-generated online videos, and that the user interface may also influence user reaction. Findings suggest the design of online video technology and content should consider the socio-cultural contexts of online video use, and they highlight the challenges of developing inclusive technologies to meet all users' need...
Convergence and participatory culture have been conducive to a wave of new user-generated content. T...
Online video creation for YouTube and Facebook is a newly popular activity for college students. Wom...
A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University of Wolverhampton for ...
International audienceThe success of YouTube has profoundly changed the face of industries dealing w...
This essay is an investigation of the level- and importance of interactivity on YouTube for the acti...
Audiences perform as a key factor driving social media nowadays, and there would not be any point to...
The overall purpose of this essay, “‘I really hope you guys are enjoying this. Thank you so much for...
Online video creation for YouTube and Facebook is a newly popular activity for college students. Cre...
ii With the proliferation of social media, it is now easier than ever for anyone to share informatio...
Millennials now have more online choices to access information and entertainment, as well as more pl...
Online video creation for YouTube and Facebook is a newly popular activity for college students. Wom...
YouTube is the world’s most visited video-sharing website with more than one billion hits per month,...
The objective of this study is to analyze the relationship between views (popularity) and social int...
International audienceOn the basis of the postulate that technologies carry the social context in wh...
The success of companies such as Myspace and YouTube have focused attention on online companies that...
Convergence and participatory culture have been conducive to a wave of new user-generated content. T...
Online video creation for YouTube and Facebook is a newly popular activity for college students. Wom...
A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University of Wolverhampton for ...
International audienceThe success of YouTube has profoundly changed the face of industries dealing w...
This essay is an investigation of the level- and importance of interactivity on YouTube for the acti...
Audiences perform as a key factor driving social media nowadays, and there would not be any point to...
The overall purpose of this essay, “‘I really hope you guys are enjoying this. Thank you so much for...
Online video creation for YouTube and Facebook is a newly popular activity for college students. Cre...
ii With the proliferation of social media, it is now easier than ever for anyone to share informatio...
Millennials now have more online choices to access information and entertainment, as well as more pl...
Online video creation for YouTube and Facebook is a newly popular activity for college students. Wom...
YouTube is the world’s most visited video-sharing website with more than one billion hits per month,...
The objective of this study is to analyze the relationship between views (popularity) and social int...
International audienceOn the basis of the postulate that technologies carry the social context in wh...
The success of companies such as Myspace and YouTube have focused attention on online companies that...
Convergence and participatory culture have been conducive to a wave of new user-generated content. T...
Online video creation for YouTube and Facebook is a newly popular activity for college students. Wom...
A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University of Wolverhampton for ...