| Crisis on Wall Street |
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Princeton economists review recent events on
Wall Street and assess the implications for
the economy and public policy.
Panelists: Hyun Shin, Professor of Economics
and associate chair of the Department of
Economics; Markus Brunnermeier, Professor of
Economics;
Harrison Hong, Professor in Finance;
Paul Krugman, professor of economics and
international affairs; Alan Blinder,
Professor of Economics and Public Affairs and
co‐director of the Center for Economic
Policy Studies.
Sep 23, 2008 at Princeton University
Tags : uchannel academic lectures princeton wws economy finance financial crisis debt USA analysis news |
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Durée : 4199 s |
| An Engineer's Guide to Cats |
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Two professional engineers illustrate the
proper care and practical benefits of cats.
None of the cats, humans, or engineers were
mistreated in the making of this film. They
were however, slightly annoyed. Song on
ending credits is called "Sparky's New Bike"
from Shockwave-sound.com royalty free music
website.
Tags : funny kitty cat humorous short film engineer cute kitten |
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Durée : 418 s |
| An anthropological introduction to YouTube |
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presented at the Library of Congress, June
23rd 2008. This was tons of fun to present. I
decided to forgo the PowerPoint and instead
worked with students to prepare over 40
minutes of video for the 55 minute
presentation. This is the result.
more info: http://mediatedcultures.net
0:00 Introduction, YouTube's Big Numbers
2:00 Numa Numa and the Celebration of
Webcams
5:53 The Machine is Us/ing Us and the New
Mediascape
12:16 Introducing our Research Team
12:56 Who is on YouTube?
13:25 What's on Youtube? Charlie Bit My
Finger, Soulja Boy, etc.
17:04 5% of vids are personal vlogs
addressed to the YouTube community, Why?
17:30 YouTube in context. The loss of
community and "networked individualism"
(Wellman)
18:41 Cultural Inversion: individualism and
community
19:15 Understanding new forms of community
through Participant Observation
21:18 YouTube as a medium for community
23:00 Our first vlogs
25:00 The webcam: Everybody is watching where
nobody is ("context collapse")
26:05 Re-cognition and new forms of
self-awareness (McLuhan)
27:58 The Anonymity of Watching YouTube:
Haters and Lovers
29:53 Aesthetic Arrest
30:25 Connection without Constraint
32:35 Free Hugs: A hero for our mediated
culture
34:02 YouTube Drama: Striving for popularity
34:55 An early star: emokid21ohio
36:55 YouTube's Anthenticity Crisis: the
story of LonelyGirl15
39:50 Reflections on Authenticity
41:54 Gaming the system / Exposing the System
43:37 Seriously Playful Participatory Media
Culture (featuring Us by blimvisible:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yxHKgQyGx0)
47:32 Networked Production: The Collab.
MadV's "The Message" and the message of
YouTube
49:29 Poem: The Little Glass Dot, The Eyes of
the World
51:15 Conclusion by bnessel1973
52:50 Dedication and Credits (Our Numa Numa
dance)
The Numa Numa quote is from *Douglas* Wolk
(not Gary Wolk as I mistakenly said in the
talk).
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Durée : 3334 s |
| TRAPPED IN AN ELEVATOR FOR 41 HOURS |
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READ THE STORY: http://tinyurl.com/572u5f
Accompanying video to Nick Paumgarten's piece
"Up and Then Down" from the April 21st issue
of The New Yorker. Footage of Nicholas White
trapped in an elevator in the McGraw-Hill
Building.
Music: "The Storm Begins," by Jennifer
Haines.
The New Yorker is a weekly magazine with a
signature mix of reporting on national and
international politics and culture, humor and
cartoons, fiction and poetry, and reviews and
criticism of books, movies, theatre,
classical and popular music, television, art,
and fashion.
http://newyorker.com
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Durée : 191 s |
| Is Bush an "Idiot"? |
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Is the President of the United States, George
W. Bush, an idiot? Scarborough Country asks
the forbidden question. They look at his
inability to speak correctly, not at his
inability to lead correctly, however. Of
course the real question is, is the
Republican Party full of idiots because they
nominated the sucker, and continue to blindly
follow his crap? Is the US full of idiots,
because they elected the sucker and have not
begun demanding better until recently?
UPDATE: July 12, 2007. After 11 months this
got 10,400 comments, most saying, yes, an
idiot he is. Then things got ugly. Rightwing
trolls came in with their usual garbage, as
well as non-Americans who thought it would be
fun to bait them. Then there were those who
really did seem to be on the side of
promoting harm to the US, as well as the
loons with their conspiracy theories (9/11
was an inside job, Israel is behind it all,
etc.)
So I shut down the comments, and archived the
2 mb's worth of text.
Ah, peace and quiet. Now all you are left
with are your own thoughts, the anger, rants
and insane babblings of a YouTube
"discussion," and the question, "Is Bush an
'Idiot'?"
I'll reopen discussion with a tearful apology
when Bush brings America to glory.
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