Upload
katie-elson-anderson
View
296
Download
0
Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
Sharing Parenthood on
Citation preview
Katie Elson AndersonRutgers University
PCA/ACA, April 13, 2012http://tinyurl.com/AndersonPCA2012
Sharing Parenthood:Images of Children on
Founded in 2005 Purchased by Google in 2006 Over 4 billion videos viewed per day 800M unique visitors monthly More than 1 trillion views in 2011. 60 hours of video uploaded every
minute “Broadcast Yourself”
YouTube Statistics
Home Video Shared with family and
friends Amateur Babies (capture changes) Special occasions to
mundane, everyday events Previously contained within
private circles
Technology Film (8mm, 16mm) Video Digital
Web Cams/PC’s Phones Tablets
Sharing Single instance showing-
people came to you. VHS- Duplicate and share-
America’s Funniest Home Video
Digital- email/upload
Toddler Online Presence92% U.S
73% Western Europe
http://mashable.com/2010/10/07/toddlers-online-presence
Viral VideoThe 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)
Charlie bit my finger- again!
443,783,371 Views
Protectionrivacyarodyrofit
“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, Time, 2006
SHAYTARDS
My First Hardcore Song
Anne Higonnet: Romantic Child Gary Cross: Gremlin Child
Slide background Image adapted from Phillip Bragg’s May 2009 photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/synx508/3503645137/
“Performing Childhood on the Web” Fleeting Images: Portrayals of Children in Popular Culture, edited by Vibiana Bowman Cvetkovic and Debbie Olsen. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books (forthcoming 2012).