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M McBrideMichael Wesch, an assistant professor of cultural anthropology at Kansas State University, set out to study the culture of YouTube users, and he ended up becoming a video star in the process
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Sirchy AMr. Wesch’s prior anthropological work focused on a tribe in Papua New Guinea and how the introduction of written language and formal education impacted the culture, he said in an interview after his talk. He says he’s now trying to look for ways that video and other social media are causing cultural shifts in our own society.
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Lennie Symesuse the technology to explore their identities... these YouTubers are trying different performances for an online audience and making changes based on feedback from the crowd. “Instead of finding self,” he said, “it’s creating self.”
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