Archive: YouTube
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Discord’s April Fools’ Loot Box Video: A Blatant Disregard for Ongoing Genocide in Gaza by Archit Mehta
This April Fool’s Day, Discord uploaded a 17-second video. The video shows an object fired from outer space towards the Earth. In the next frame, the object is revealed — a loot box — when it falls on Discord’s mascot, Wumpus. About three weeks prior to Discord’s video, five Palestinians were killed, and 11 were wounded by humanitarian airdrops carried by the US and Jordan.
Categories: 2024, The Gnovis Blog
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Restriction Mode: How YouTube is Leaving its LGBTQ Audience Behind
By Jill Fredenburg Imagine your favorite Beauty YouTuber stating that he can no longer post weekly videos because he needs to spend more time at his day job. Or your star Pet YouTuber significant
Categories: 2020, The Gnovis Blog
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Rock the Votocracy: Presidents from the Internet
In my last blog post I wondered about the presidency of a person from Generation Y. I suppose I'm on a bit of a political tear, because after recently running across a site called Votocracy, I wonder
Categories: 2011, The Gnovis Blog
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YouTube: Examining a Revolution
Abstract: The author examines the popular video sharing website and asks whether the phenomenon marks a change in the way cultural products are brought forth. The analysis draws upon a traditionally