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July 19, 2007, 04:13 PM ET
Vloggers Against YouTube?
Professors and librarians have already come up with plenty of interesting uses for YouTube, and they’ll certainly have little trouble thinking up more. But is the site doing a good job of encouraging creative content? Nick Douglas, a video-blogger writing for Slate, thinks not.
The crux of Mr. Douglas’s argument is that YouTube traffics only in a particular kind of short-form video: While the site has done a remarkable job building up the infrastructure that allows people to watch videos on the Web, it has also created a number of barriers to entry. The site bans nonpornographic nudity, places a 10-minute limit on most uploads, and has a resistance (so far) to including live streams.
A question for academics who use (or have considered using) YouTube for teaching or scholarship: Is the site flexible enough to meet your needs? —Brock Read
Categories: Teaching
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