YouTube participatory culture

The explosion of youth subscription to original content-mediasharing
Web sites such as YouTube has confi rmed their relevance
and importance in the lives of today’s youth. These Web sites combine
media production and distribution with social networking
features, making them an ideal place to create, connect, collaborate,
and circulate novel and personally meaningful media. By
merging the technical aspects of youth as media creators with the
social aspects of youth as social networkers, new media platforms
such as YouTube offer a participatory culture in which to develop,
interact, and learn.

Chau, C. (2010). YouTube as a participatory culture. New Directions For Youth Development, 2010(128), 65-74. doi:10.1002/yd.376