YouTube for Thursday

Hi Everyone
Below are the videos i want you to watch for next class.
Keep thinking about the David Joselit and the various strategies of how to appear in the media.

READ THE COMMENTS AND DISCUSSIONS ATTACHED TO THE VIDEOS - this is part of the "Feedback" mechanism of YouTube.

Look up the Black Panthers and 1968 Democratic National Convention, and other things the reading might reference but you don't know about.

the clips

UCLA Taser Video -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyvrqcxNIFs

Rodney King -
Of course this is well before YouTube, but it is worth revisiting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG4nbAUG9Kg

Andy Warhol-
This is an interview with him about his brillo box show. It will give you some insight into the Andy Warhol "character."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn6sE0kcPaI

Nixon - this is the never aired footage of the moments right before Nixon's resignation after Watergate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_mRNTW4sjc


Steve Kurtz and the FBI - this is a short documentary on artist Steve Kurtz. He is involved in a very complicated investigation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bExpRb7vryA

OKGo - you guys have probably seen this by now, but this goofy video has caused a crisis in the video music industry. check out all the kids who re-created the video and made responses.
Attached is an article from the NY times too. Please read it as well. it is short.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv5zWaTEVkI

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/19/business/media/19carr.html?_r=1&oref=slogin