Andrew Morton's Powerpoint on YouTube for Digital Multimedia Design class

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Andrew Morton
Web 2.0 Assignment
04/10/10

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 Title Menu
 Overview of Web 2.0 Tool
 History and the Creator of the Web 2.0 Tool
 Purpose of the Web 2.0 Tool
 What sort of Content Make up the Site?
 Uses for this Tool
 How is this site a Web 2.0 tool
 Similar Sites
 What Does Research Say about the Tool?
 Positives and Negatives of tool

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Overview of the Web 2.0 Tool
 YouTube is a Video
Sharing Website
 Allows users to both
view and upload videos
 Allows for user
feedback, comments,
etc…
 Revolutionary

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History and Creator of the Web 2.0
Tool
 Founded February 2005
 Created by Three Former
PayPal Employees
 Chad Hurley
 Steve Chen
 Jawed Karim
 Sold to Google for 1.65
billion dollars

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Purpose of the Web 2.0 Tool
 Main Purpose sharing
 Videos
 Music
 Information
 Entertainment
 With others
throughout the world

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What sort of Content Make up the
Site?
 Contains various
video’s put up mostly
by individuals
 Some media
corporations offer
some videos
 Corporations such as
BBC,CBS,etc…

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Uses for this Tool
 This tool can be used to
share information
 Although, primary use
is entertainment
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How is this a site a Web 2.0 Tool
 Acts as a form of
communication among
all users
 Easily accessible
information
 Incredibly popular
around world

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Similar Sites
 Various Similar Sites
 None as popular or easy
to use
 http://www.livevideo.co
m/
 http://video.google.com/
 http://www.ifilm.com

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What Does Research Say about the
Tool?
 Research shows how
revolutionary YouTube
is
 Some controversial
videos
 Incredibly popular
 Easily usable

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Positives and Negatives of Tool
 Received Flack for
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/most-
various controversial people-are-missing-the-point-about-
videos youtube
 Praised for revolutionary http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/15/techno
means of sharing videos logy/15youtube.html
easily among entire world
 Criticized for lenient
filter on videos