Presentation on YouTube from "Acting Up - Using Theater & Technology for Social Change," from DePaul's School for New Learning Distance Education Program, Winter 2010.
2. Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed
Karim launched YouTube
Started with PayPal
Sold to Google in 2006 for over 1.6
billion
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3. Anyone can post a video for free – there are
even videos on how to post videos
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4. Many of the most significant events in
recent history are live on YouTube
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5. Tea Party Activists use of embedded
YouTube videos on their home page
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6. The Young Turks – One of the many Channels on YouTube
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8. Student protestor Neda Agha Soltan’s
death filmed live on camera phone
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9. The Power of music and video combined
can be powerful on YouTube
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10. • Referencing events from web links
• Free access
• Historical Significance
• Daily subscribers
• Instantaneous video images
• The power of multi media
YouTube is a powerful tool for
activists.
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