Katie Elson AndersonRutgers University

PCA/ACA, April 13, 2012http://tinyurl.com/AndersonPCA2012

Sharing Parenthood:Images of Children on

Founded in 2005 Purchased by Google in 2006 Over 4 billion videos viewed per day 800M unique visitors monthly More than 1 trillion views in 2011. 60 hours of video uploaded every

minute “Broadcast Yourself”

YouTube Statistics

Home Video Shared with family and

friends Amateur Babies (capture changes) Special occasions to

mundane, everyday events Previously contained within

private circles

Technology Film (8mm, 16mm) Video Digital

Web Cams/PC’s Phones Tablets

Sharing Single instance showing-

people came to you. VHS- Duplicate and share-

America’s Funniest Home Video

Digital- email/upload

Toddler Online Presence92% U.S

73% Western Europe

http://mashable.com/2010/10/07/toddlers-online-presence

Viral VideoThe term "viral video" refers to video clip content which gains widespread popularity through the process of Internet sharing, typically through email or instant messages, blogs, and other media-sharing websites, such as YouTube. (urbandictionary.com)

David after Dentist

109,667,568 Views

Charlie bit my finger- again!

443,783,371 Views

Protectionrivacyarodyrofit

“Some of the comments on YouTube make you weep for the future of humanity just for the spelling alone, never mind the obscenity and the naked hatred”

-Lev Grossman, Time, 2006

SHAYTARDS

My First Hardcore Song

Anne Higonnet: Romantic Child Gary Cross: Gremlin Child

Slide background Image adapted from Phillip Bragg’s May 2009 photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/synx508/3503645137/

“Performing Childhood on the Web” Fleeting Images: Portrayals of Children in Popular Culture, edited by Vibiana Bowman Cvetkovic and Debbie Olsen. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books (forthcoming 2012).