{"id":1798,"date":"2009-07-06T10:48:31","date_gmt":"2009-07-06T08:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=1798"},"modified":"2009-07-06T10:48:31","modified_gmt":"2009-07-06T08:48:31","slug":"the-machine-is-changing-us-youtube-culture-and-the-politics-of-authenticity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=1798","title":{"rendered":"The Machine is (Changing) Us: YouTube Culture and the Politics of Authenticity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width:425px;text-align:left\" id=\"__ss_1673259\"><a style=\"font:14px Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;display:block;margin:12px 0 3px 0;text-decoration:underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/mwesch\/the-machine-is-changing-us-youtube-culture-and-the-politics-of-authenticity\" title=\"The Machine is (Changing) Us: YouTube Culture and the Politics of Authenticity\">The Machine is (Changing) Us: YouTube Culture and the Politics of Authenticity<\/a><object style=\"margin:0px\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/static.slidesharecdn.com\/swf\/ssplayer2.swf?doc=weschpdf09youtube-090702062559-phpapp02&#038;stripped_title=the-machine-is-changing-us-youtube-culture-and-the-politics-of-authenticity\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"\/><\/object><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:11px;font-family:tahoma,arial;height:26px;padding-top:2px;\">View more <a style=\"text-decoration:underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/\">documents<\/a> from <a style=\"text-decoration:underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/mwesch\">mwesch<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Interesting presentation by mwesch, a reflection about ourselfs and our world, read it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Machine is (Changing) Us: YouTube Culture and the Politics of Authenticity View more documents from mwesch. 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