| Title: | Art or Circus? Characterizing User-Created Video on YouTube |
| Author: | Landry, Brian M. ; Guzdial, Mark |
| Abstract: | Video and networking technologies have advanced such that posting and viewing video online is practical. Everyday people now post video online to communicate asynchronously with remote audiences. This paper explores the forms in which people communicate on the popular video sharing website YouTube. It also examines whether end-user video creators on YouTube use plot-based storytelling as a communication strategy. We analyzed popular content on YouTube and found the majority of that content showcases everyday people engaging in uncommon activities. Furthermore, a small minority of popular video actually tells a story. Based on our findings, we propose the compostion gap as a means of conceptualizing the disparity between video content on You- Tube and professional content. We then discuss opportunities for designing technologies to support communication through performance-based video as well as story-based video. |
| Type: | Technical Report |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/25828 |
| Date: | 2008 |
| Contributor: |
Georgia Institute of Technology. College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Interactive Computing Georgia Institute of Technology. Graphics, Visualization and Usability Center |
| Relation: | SIC Technical Reports ; GT-IC-08-07 |
| Publisher: | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Subject: |
Composition gap
Content analysis Remote asynchronous communication User-created content You-Tube |
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