Comments on: Social media, YouTube, and mwesch

By: Teaching Online Journalism » Reassessing newspaper video

Teaching Online Journalism » Reassessing newspaper video — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:23:57 +0000

[...] and various social aspects of YouTube as well as the appeal of really silly, stupid videos. I wrote a post about this earlier this month — the point being that community, sharing, communication, identity, and [...]

By: Video day! « The Future of Journalism

Video day! « The Future of Journalism — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:22:43 +0000

[...] listen to what University of Florida journalism professor Mindy McAdams (the source of this assignment idea) had to say, in describing these very Wesch clips in relation to journalism today: The newspaper [...]

By: TheWayoftheWeb » The success of Youtube was only partly about video….

TheWayoftheWeb » The success of Youtube was only partly about video…. — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:39:12 +0000

[...] If that’s the case, I highly recommend this post by Mindy McAdams ‘Social Media, Youtube and Mwesch’. [...]

By: stk

stk — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:57:10 +0000

Yes! Yes! Yes! This needed saying, and rest assured: Most German newspapers are making the same mistakes: Trying to build half-assed so-called “communities” (which they can’t) and not understanding the social dynamics behind a successful online venue (since they have never committed time themselves to such a thing. Hey, they are reporters, they got shit to do, right?)

By: Amanda Sturgill

Amanda Sturgill — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:33:15 +0000

I think that is a huge piece that’s missing from the puzzle for the Internet in general. Reminds me of the rush to get company web sites when the web first started becoming popular with no clue about who might use your site or why.

By: patrick yen

patrick yen — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:39:47 +0000

Mindy, you’re like some kind of magical superhero.
You could easily change the world with your mind.

By: Alfred Hermida

Alfred Hermida — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:50:35 +0000

You’ve hit it on the head, Mindy. The reason why user-generated content matters is less the content and more the activity about it. The traditional media tend to view user content as a product, whereas it should be looking at it as a process. Great course by the way.