| Download | - View accepted manuscript: User-generated video and the online public sphere : Will YouTube facilitate digital freedom of expression in Atlantic Canada? (PDF, 603 KiB)
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| Author | Search for: Milliken, Mary C.1; Search for: Gibson, Kerri1; Search for: O'Donnell, Susan1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Information Technology
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Subject | public sphere; Internet; YouTube; freedom of expression; user-generated online video; regionalism; community membership; engagement; Atlantic Canada |
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| Abstract | Democracy relies on freedom of expression and the opportunity for citizens to exchange views and form public opinion about issues of social concern. User-generated online video (UGOV) has allowed hundreds of thousands of audiovisual content creators and gatherers to upload clips and video blogs to video portal sites such as YouTube, where they can be accessed by anyone with adequate computer hardware, software and Internet bandwidth. Video-posters and viewers can communicate through textual and video commentaries as well as video rating systems. To assess the opportunities and limitations on the freedom offered by this new type of expression, our study surveyed YouTube users in Atlantic Canada as well as Atlantic Canadian UGOVs on YouTube to assess whether and how UGOV is contributing to the online public sphere. |
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| Publication date | 2008 |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NRC number | NRC 50792 |
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| NPARC number | 12735085 |
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| Export citation | Export as RIS |
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| Report a correction | Report a correction (opens in a new tab) |
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| Record identifier | 166e29ad-fd5a-429e-a414-54b520c0bf14 |
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| Record created | 2010-06-10 |
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| Record modified | 2020-04-15 |
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