Videngage Connecting People - Hubpages

Videngage launched a robust video social network on September 1st, 2008, “This is not a clone of MySpace or Facebook ” This is a first in “Video Social Networks” and social network experts are predicting Videngage will have a future impact how we interact in today social media environments. Read More about VidEngage...

Online Video: 57% of internet users have watched videos online and most of them share what they find with others

7/25/2007 Mary Madden

The growing adoption of broadband combined with a dramatic push by content providers to promote online video has helped to pave the way for mainstream audiences to embrace online video viewing. Fifty-seven percent of online adults have used the internet to watch or download video, and 19% do so on a typical day. Three-quarters of broadband users (74%) who enjoy high-speed connections at both home and work watch or download video online.

The Pew Internet & American Life Project's first major report on online video also shows how many video viewers have contributed to the viral and social nature of online video. More than half of online video viewers (57%) share links to the video they find with others, and three in four (75%) say they receive links to watch video that others have sent to them.

Video viewers who actively exploit the participatory features of online video, such as rating content, posting feedback or uploading video, make up the motivated minority of the online video audience. Young adults are the most active participants in this realm. For the full report and download.

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Social Networking Explodes Worldwide, Facebook User Base Up 153%

Though the growth in social-networking users in North America is beginning to level off, their numbers are burgeoning in other regions around the world - with Facebook leading the way - according to a comScore study of worldwide usage of social networking sites. Find Out More at ComScore...

Pew Internet Lee Rainie - Increased Use of Video-sharing Sites

Lee Rainie Project Director Pew Internet

Lee Rainie is the founding Director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Since December 1999, the Washington D.C. research center has examined how people’s internet use affects their families, communities, health care, education, civic and political life, and work places. In addition, the Project uses regular surveys to track online life. It regularly reports findings on subjects such as teenagers’ and senior citizens’ use of the internet, broadband adoption, trends in email use, how people employ search engines, use of the internet to gather news (especially about politics), blog creation and readership, and trends in music and movie file sharing. The Project has issued more than 100 reports based on social issues and online activities. It also has focused research on important public policy questions such as public attitudes about trust and privacy online, development of e-government, attitudes about intellectual property issues, the impact of spam, and the status of digital divides. The Project is non-partisan and takes no positions on policy matters. All of its reports and datasets are available online for free at: http://www.pewinternet.org. Prior to launching the Pew Internet Project, Rainie was managing editor of U.S. News & World Report. He is a graduate of Harvard College and has a master’s degree in political science from Long Island University. Learn More about Pew Internet Project, Increase use of Video sharing Sites, and to download the report.

Users Trust, Grow More Comfortable with Web 2.0 Tools

More than 36% of Web users “highly trust” the information they receive from friends and acquaintances in their online social networks, according to a new social internet survey by Faves.com (formerly BlueDot.us). The number jumps to 90% when including those that “moderately trust” their social network contacts. Read More at Fave.com...

Social Networking’s Explosive Growth to Plateau in Five Years

MarketingCharts.com Reported on October 23, 2007: Global active memberships in social networking sites are expected to reach 230 million at the end of 2007 (including multiple memberships by users), and revenues from social-networking services should reach $965 million, growing to $2.4 billion by 2012, according to a new report. Read More at MarketCharts.com....

An anthropological introduction to YouTube

Mikes a Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology Kansas State University videos explore mediated culture, seeking to merge the ideas of Media Ecology and Cultural Anthropology.

This video is a "History and anthropological introduction to YouTube" presented at the Library of Congress, June 23rd 2008. This was tons of fun to present. Mike decided to forgo the PowerPoint and instead worked with students to prepare over 40 minutes of video for the 55 minute presentation. This video really shows the power of video.



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