Hi all, I'm a postdoc at the Annenberg Center for Communication at USC, where I've been researching identity performance and the semiotics of video production, sharing, and reception on YouTube for a MacArthur funded project on digital youth. I have two academic papers accepted for presentation: Fostering Friendship Through Video Production: How Youth use YouTube to Enrich Local Interaction to be presented at the International Communication Association Conference, May 24-28, in San Francisco, California Commenting on comments: Investigating the meaning of emotional feedback on YouTube to be presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology, Annual Conference, March 31, 2007 in Tampa, Florida. And I have another called "How Tubers teach themselves: Narratives of self-teaching as technical identity performance on YouTube" which I just submitted to 4s." I'd be happy to talk more about my ideas once the papers are written and presented! Looking forward to hearing about what you find also. Best regards, Patricia G. Lange, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Annenberg Center for Communication USC plange@annenberg.edu ____________________________________________________________________________________ Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097