YouTube — the Web video phenomenon — is defined by some as “a video sharing website” at which users can upload, view and share what the site describes as “video clips.” “Video clips” are portions of user-generated content in digital format often found on the Internet. “Clips” often available for view on YouTube include portions of news reports, sporting events, music videos, and virtually any other type of video recording imaginable. In addition to clips taken from television and other media, YouTube plays host to wedding videos and home movies, including those that star people’s pet ferrets, in abundance. All this described by some as “part of the social fabric of the Internet.”
As such, at its most basic level, YouTube is yet another manifestation of the pervasive social networking paradigm — this time through the uploading and watching of videos. In addition to a venue for catching a Presidential debate we missed on a major network, the site advertises itself as an outlet to help us “interact with other YouTube users and around shared interests.” The site tells users that if they make videos, they can “broadcast them to the whole world, and maybe even develop an audience for [their] creations.”
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