http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/31/guardian-column-youtube-debate/ by Jeff Jarvis Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:37:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/31/guardian-column-youtube-debate/#comment-355543 jonny goldstein Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:36:28 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/31/guardian-column-youtube-debate/#comment-355543 I think having the debate as it was was much better than the previous debates, even with its shortcomings. Having non-pros ask questions felt good, and despite some fluff questions, yielded some interesting questions asked in interesting ways. I think having the debate as it was was much better than the previous debates, even with its shortcomings. Having non-pros ask questions felt good, and despite some fluff questions, yielded some interesting questions asked in interesting ways.

]]> http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/31/guardian-column-youtube-debate/#comment-355527 ITV News falls into the citizen journalism trap « Online Journalism Blog Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:07:26 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/31/guardian-column-youtube-debate/#comment-355527 [...] inclined to agree with Jeff Jarvis, who said of the CNN-YouTube election debate experiment: TV doesn’t know how to have a conversation. TV knows how to perform. The event’s moderator, [...] [...] inclined to agree with Jeff Jarvis, who said of the CNN-YouTube election debate experiment: TV doesn’t know how to have a conversation. TV knows how to perform. The event’s moderator, [...]

]]> http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/31/guardian-column-youtube-debate/#comment-355521 Greg Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:28:11 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/31/guardian-column-youtube-debate/#comment-355521 It's a shame that the Republican candidates (minus The Mayor and McCain) might feel degraded by participating in a YouTube debate. They focus on YouTube the brand, the website where kids can post videos of skateboarding accidents or stupid experiments with Mentos and Coke! They don't get YouTube the medium or more broadly the interaction of people-to-people online conversation. The potential for citizen input and constituent/candidate dialog is immense, if only they would participate in the burgeoning online video medium and get past their YouTube stigmas and stereotypes. It’s a shame that the Republican candidates (minus The Mayor and McCain) might feel degraded by participating in a YouTube debate. They focus on YouTube the brand, the website where kids can post videos of skateboarding accidents or stupid experiments with Mentos and Coke! They don’t get YouTube the medium or more broadly the interaction of people-to-people online conversation. The potential for citizen input and constituent/candidate dialog is immense, if only they would participate in the burgeoning online video medium and get past their YouTube stigmas and stereotypes.

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