TYLER OAKLEY

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvVuqRzGVqRlmZYlTf99M_w

Wesch suggest that YouTube allows people from all over the world to connect, communicate and form a sense of communities. However, when we look at the 'Top Comments' on Tyler's video, about a quarter of them are actually hate or negative comments. Some just being explicitly rude towards Tyler himself (see below)...

Whereas some comments were more trashing the content of the videos (and similar videos) in general (see below)...

Although, there are still a large amount of positive comments. As well as comments from alleged old friends...

He gets a lot of free stuff from fans, I guess.

ANDREW KEEN:-

I think vloggers similar to Tyler Oakley can devalue professionals a little by filling the top part of the internet with nonsensical videos. However, these nonsensical videos are in demand now, so is that a bad thing?

FUN FACTS 'BOUT YOUTUBE!

• Dec 2005 was the official launch date – 8 million videos were watched a day during this time
  COMPARED TO
• The 4 billions views every day in 2012!
  
• July 2006 – 65,000 Videos were being uploaded per day
  WHEREAS
• Now, there is 300 hours uploaded EVERY MINUTE!

Independent Film Channel

Nelson Madison is a company that, through it's Indie Rights programme, helps filmmakers by being a digital distributor and using Web 2.0 and other sites to distribute their films.

 

Below shows a list of the ways NM can distribute the films that it publishes. These sites spread throughout the internet and different gaming platforms, giving them a relatively wide reach.

The films they distribute are generally niche products. This, in the longterm, could demonstrate the longtail theory.

Below is a similar list to the earlier, but this includes more marketing options (and the price of said options).

https://www.youtube.com/user/IndieRights

Kickstarter and Crowdfunding

Knowledge Communities and Collective Thinking - Frozen

Knowledge Communities:-
1- Tumblr - disneyfrozen.tumblr.com (reblogs fan works posted all over Tumblr 
2- Fanpop - http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/frozen (a site where people can distribute their fan works 
and give their opinions - have to join to distribute. Below shows some GIFs produced and shared.)

3- DeviantART - http://disney-frozen.deviantart.com/ (a group where Frozen fanart throughout the DeviantART site can be collected together by the moderator of the group)

Collective Thinking:-

There is a moderator/admin on each of the above sites, who chooses what content is appropriate to be posted and shared on the sites. They have the power to remove, add and - to a limited extent - alter the submitted content, as well as block users.

Wikinomics

Wiki - A page that can be contributed to and edited by a variety of users.
Nomics - (short for economics).
Wikinomics - Gaining money for a wiki.

1. Peering - this is the act of sharing things on the internet for free. Although this wouldn't seem to profit anyone, it can do indirectly. For example, YouTube can contribute to the financial gain of musicians, by convincing their audience to purchase the music. Someone must make money somewhere.
2. Free Creativity - this is similar to peering, except that the thing that is shared it created by the sharer. Prosumers - sites where people create their own stuff, and has a link to profit. SoundCloud, although the music has a creative commons licence.
3. Democratized - when peering and free creativity is available to ordinary people and not just people in the higher classes (in the past, not everyone had access to the internet). SoundCloud and YouTube - you can share and create.
4. Thinking Globally - connecting the world! Like, YouTube.
5. The Perfect Storm - Social networking sites are examples of this, like Facebook, for example! 

SoundCloud