Kavoori is the author and editor of ten scholarly
books and nearly 50 journal articles. He has also published scholarly articles
in most major international journals including Media, Culture and Society,
Journal of Communication (Grady College). Kavoori’s book Reading YouTube: The Critical Viewers Guide is about the culture of
YouTube. In this book Kavoori try to make sense of YouTube and its videos. “We
see YouTube as much more than a website- it is a key element in the way we
think about our online experience and (shared) digital culture “(3). In this
quote Kavoori is saying we see YouTube a platform for how we wish to see different
things shared online. Kavoori splits YouTube
videos into different categories.
The category that interested me the most was “Let’s Get Physical”. In this chapter he begins off by saying, “The use, placement and development of the human body in a range of physical activities (exercise, stunts, accidents and dances) are an integral part of how YouTube function as a new kind of discursive engine”(89). Kavoori is saying that exercising, stunts, accidents, and dances have become an important part of YouTube. I myself have gone to YouTube to watch the newest exercising videos. From this category I will be focusing on: Grape lady, Scarlett Takes a Tumble, and Old Lady Punch.
The category that interested me the most was “Let’s Get Physical”. In this chapter he begins off by saying, “The use, placement and development of the human body in a range of physical activities (exercise, stunts, accidents and dances) are an integral part of how YouTube function as a new kind of discursive engine”(89). Kavoori is saying that exercising, stunts, accidents, and dances have become an important part of YouTube. I myself have gone to YouTube to watch the newest exercising videos. From this category I will be focusing on: Grape lady, Scarlett Takes a Tumble, and Old Lady Punch.
In this video a women is learning and having fun smashing grapes. At the end of the video the women to the left falls out of the bucket of grapes and hits the ground.
In this video a large African American women decides to stand on a small living room table and perform a song. When she makes the wrong step everything goes wrong. She falls on to the floor very hard. This video is so funny to me. I have watched it numerous of times.
This video is about a older lady getting mad and punching another women in the face. This video is a remix and it slows the punch down so you can really see it. When you least expect it the old lady strikes.