This video is important for many reasons, and I want my digital culture students to watch it carefully -- perhaps a few times. I've actually made it the first of a playlist of videos about digital culture.
- It introduces some key ideas associated with "Web 2.0"
- Its focus on text -> hypertext is especially apt for students of literature
- It is an example of (one of the earliest) viral academic videos. Wesch's student project video essentially launched this anthropologist from Kansas State into the national spotlight.
- It is a very creative use of basic screen capturing, and a good example of issue-based, persuasive video.
Here are some thought questions to follow up on the video. I'd love to see students do blog posts exploring some of these:
