Monday, January 19, 2009

Stacey's Paper Topic

I would like to delve deeper into D.I.Y. culture on the internet. Taking a closer look at YouTube mash-ups/parody and the idea that the participatory culture is giving more power to the people. Is it really giving us power and to which people? I still need to focus this idea into more of a thesis, so I would appreciate any suggestions.
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  1. Matt LieberJanuary 19, 2009 at 7:32 PM

    I don't know if this is what you had in mind, but there are a lot of people who do mash ups all in the same theme. The example I'm thinking of is when the trailer for 300 came out, a lot of people took the audio from it and applied different video. Here are some examples.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mde1NOS8qZQ&feature=related
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw6qcbgMGdA
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B_beHAiZIY

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  2. adrienneJanuary 21, 2009 at 8:25 PM

    I think the best way to demonstrate empowerment is to look into the communities developed around these communities of practice. Here's a link to the USC DIY Video Fest I mentioned. I have all the curated programs if you want me to burn them onto a disc for you.
    http://www.video24-7.org/

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