A YouTube Bibliography – “documents scholarly articles and books that are substantially about YouTube and online video.” I asked our University Library to buy the books on this list, and our friendly research librarian answered “of course”! I love our library.


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3 thoughts on “scholarship on youtube and video games

  1. Ane Land¯y

    This is a mutual love-affair, I can assure you; the library loves academic staff that inform and suggest important books and resources for the collections! For us, this is neccesary help to be able to offer the best and most useful documents to our “customers”. So thank you! Ane, University of Bergen Library.

  2. Kjersti Kahn

    Hei,

    vi er en gruppe BI studenter fra BI Trondheim. Vi skriver for tiden bacheloroppgave rundt temaet blogg som markedsf¯ringskanal.
    I den anledning er vi interessert  komme i kontakt med deg, da du nok, for oss, har interessante meninger om dette.
    Vi fant kun mailadressen din p univeritetet, og fikk en standardmail som svar, s da tenkte vi den beste mÂten  kontakte deg p er her.

    Vi har utarbeidet en intervjuguide som vi hÂper du tar deg tid til  svare pÂ. Helst s fort som mulig. Svarene sendes til min mailadresse.

    Om du ikke tar deg tid til dette, vil vi gjerne ha tilbakemelding om det!

    Mvh
    Kjersti Kahn, Gina Thrane og Christine Johnsen.

    ? Hva mener du om blogging som en markedsf¯ringskanal?

    ? Hvilken retning tror du blogging vil ta i framtiden? Fra bedrifters st sted(bruk), og leseren(aksept).

    ? Hva tror du gj¯r ulike blogger s populÊre?

    ? Hvorfor tror du dette mediet opplever s stor vekst?

    ? (til forfattere av blogger)Hvorfor begynte du  blogge? Bakgrunn/motiver? Type blogg?

    ? Hvilke tilbakemeldinger fÂr du p denne?

    ? Opplever du ofte  f tilbud fra kommersielle krefter, bedrifter, som vil at du skal omtale deres produkter?

    ? (om blogger svarer ja til slike foresp¯rsler) hvorfor aksepterer du slike tilbud?

    ? Hvordan pr¯ver du i din blogg  pÂvirke leseren med tanke p dette produktet?

    ? (om blogger har gjort dette)Hvilke tilbakemeldinger har du fÂtt p slik omtale?

    ? PÂ hvilken mÂte tror du blogger pÂvirker leseren? Hvorfor?

    ? Ettersom vi opplever en stor vekst i antall blogger p internett og i bevisstgj¯ringen rundt hva en blogg er i media, tror du dette vil gj¯re pÂvirkning av leseren lettere/st¯rre eller vil dette minske muligheten for  pÂvirke leseren?

  3. Jill Walker Rettberg

    Jeg beklager, Kjersti – jeg har f¯dselspermisjon, og det tar ganske lang tid  svare p slike sp¯rsmÂl. Jeg burde nok lage en side med standardsvar p slike sp¯rsmÂl, for jeg fÂr mange henvendelser som dette.

    Noe av det viktigste nÂr man henvender seg til bloggere er nok personlig tilpassing av budskapet – at bloggeren ser at dere tar han/henne p alvor og ikke bare som et nyttig redskap. F.eks. nÂr dere sender en intervjuguide som ikke er tilpasset min blogg blir jeg dessverre enda mindre tilb¯yelig til  ville svare… Kommersielle produkter? ser bloggen min ut som om jeg ofte blir bedt om  fronte kommersielle produkter? Og dere har jo ikke engang redigert bort notater til dere selv – “(til forfattere av blogger)” for eksempel.

    Lykke til med oppgaven!

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