1st Edition
Internet Video Culture in China YouTube, Youku, and the Space in Between
By Marc L Moskowitz
Copyright 2019
152 Pages
by
Routledge
152 Pages
by
Routledge
152 Pages
by
Routledge
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Examining Internet culture in the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the US, this book analyzes videos which entertain both English and Chinese-speaking viewers to gain a better understanding of cultural similarities and differences. Each of the chapters in the volume studies streaming videos from YouTube and its Chinese counterparts, Todou and Youku, with the book using a... Read more
1. Introduction: New Technologies and the Interface Between Local and Global Cultures
2. Mao Mash-Ups in the YouTube Age
3. "Hitler Hates the iPad" and Other Sundry Tales: Revisualizing History and Culture in the YouTube Age
4. Is Spock Jewish, Gay, or a High-School Cheerleader? Star Trek, YouTube, and Nostalgic Negotiation of the Future
5. Seeing Sound: A Musical, its YouTube Trailers, and Hong Kong’s Cultural Convergence
6. Taiwan’s Next Animation Studio Battles Conan O’Brien: 3-D Animation, the Uncanny Valley, and Cross-Cultural Perceptions
Biography
Marc L. Moskowitz is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of South Carolina, USA.
