I have learned the hard way not to dare to try to play video on the UT presentation system. So I’m using this blogpost as a way to put up the links to the examples that I want to use in tomorrow’s talk about how to tell complex stories using the “Telenovela Effect.”

What kind of new dialectic – that is, what kind of form & function of transmitting information – has evolved on the web to reach the audiences?  Well, one of the big successes that we should look at is the most popular webisodic – one that recently notched more than 1 million subscribers:

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From a teenage kid in Nebraska with a cheap videocam, to a growing brand and industry. Warning: adults will not "get" this humor. Really.

From a teenage kid in Nebraska with a cheap videocam, to a growing brand and industry. Warning: adults will not "get" this humor. Really.

The first is a link to a fascinating site called “Alive in Baghdad.”

This is a site that combines the work of both amateur and professional videographers.

This is a site that combines the work of both amateur and professional videographers.

Next is BoingBoingTV, where they produce quirky original content that tracks the latest in odd & quirky news:

In a similar vein, there is also Rocketboom:

And Mahalo TV:

Shelby Star local videos (pay special attention to the sports section)