USER-GENERATED CONTENT

As seen through YouTube

A (very) Brief history

YouTube

Beginnings

YouTube was founded by these guys:

Originally employees of Paypal, the three founded YouTube in 2005 as a way to share videos easily via the internet. The company began in a garage.

Chad Hurley

Steven Chen

Jawed Karim

YouTube’s Growth

The very first YouTube video was uploaded by Jawed Karim in April of 2005, and can still be viewed today.

In May of 2005, the site was opened up to the public.

By July of 2006 YouTube was ranked the 5th most popular website, with over 65,000 new videos uploaded, and over 100 million views daily.

Still Expanding

YouTube is only growing more and more every day.

It is estimated that around 20 hours of video are uploaded every minute. That’s almost a day’s worth of videos!

As of right this minute there are approximately NUMBER videos on Youtube right now, and counting.

ASK YOURSELF THIS QUESTION…

Internet: Not Just for Intertainement?

Responses:

“[It is] really powerful, and it really brings the country to the presidential candidates in a very visual and contextual way.”

–Steve Grove, Head of PR for Youtube

the new world order has hijacked our country, wake up if u value freedom and liberty!!

- DirtyMill08

Smashing the Walls of Corporate America?

It reads like a scene in Empire Records. The big guys are going down. The little guys, cool and hip, are winning.

Comedians

Filmmakers

Musicians

Through the grassroots movement, we are seeing fans respond and requesting more from small, unrepresented artists.

Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x2W12A8Qow

The playing field, so to speak, has been leveled.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4aLB-r57gE

Humanity and the Internet

Ze Frank had “King of the Comments” and “Fabuloso Friday”

Molls does Q & A with her followers

Youtube reaction videos are vastly popular

People are engaging in public dialogues.

Like Socrates or Aristotle…

POPULAR CATEGORIES OF USER-GENERATED CONTENT

On Youtube

FMVs

Fan Made Videos! Essentially a rehash of popular segments

of TV shows, Celebrities, or Video Games Often set to an unrelated song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGVG

ZLf293U&feature=related

Fan Reviews

Users become fans or critics by using Youtube to broadcast their opinions

Simplest fan reviews shot on webcams with no editing whatsoever

Elaborate reviews produced by actual companies with their own websites

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajonLm0sJ3M

Mashups/Remixes

Mashups refer to videos created by users that splice together different videos for a cool or comical effect

Remixes refer to Mashups that focus mostly on the audio mashing, often turning regular speech into singing or rapping

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoFMMiN-yBg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWRyj5cHIQA

Memes

Rhymes with “creams” Internet Memes are any form of media

that quickly gain high levels of popularity and recognition

Many of the most well-known memes were spawned or distributed through Youtube

HOW DOES THIS RELATE

To The Book of Jer3miah?

Fan Contest

A Fan Contest would give the fans of Jer3miah a chance to show their love of the show through YouTube. They could be allowed to make any kind of video they’d like, as long as it incorporates the show.

In order to create more hype, we can have a minimum “views” requirement, so that they’ll be sure to share it with their friends

For a prize we could give them merchandise (because there should be) and/or a chance to make a small appearance on the show.

Examples of Jer3miah Fan Videos A Remix:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_FI4q_qqm8

An FMV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ262-sCTFY&feature=related

A Fan review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeMT9rMpS5Y

And some Fan Fiction: http://dark3ningtwilight.blogspot.com/2009/09/some-jer3miah-fanfiction11.html