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YouTube: l’epoca d’oro dell’informazione condivisa?

YouTube ha superato MySpace tra le comunità online dedite alla condivisione di video. YouTubeA luglio YouTube ha raggiunto il 3,9% degli hit giornalieri totali di internet, contro il 3,35% di MySpace. Ciò è ancora più sorprendente se consideriamo che i video in circolazione non sono propriamente, come dire, da Oscar — piuttosto, sembrano uno special ininterrotto di “America’s Funniest Videos”. La disincantata panoramica del fenomeno, proposta stavolta dal Los Angeles Time, si chiude con un’annotazione cruciale: «Quando gli antropologi culturali vorranno studiare la nostra epoca, gli basterà vedere le stupide mosse di [qualcuno in video su YouTube] per capire tutto sull’epoca d’oro del dilettantismo».