A whole new world of freaks and geeks : libraries and librarians on YouTube
Meida content analysis studies have historically focused on the portrayal of librarians on television and film. However, with the recent popularity of YouTube, there is an emerging, end-user created media that has not been thoroughly analyzed for its treatment of our profession. It is discovered tha...
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| description | Meida content analysis studies have historically focused on the portrayal of librarians on television and film. However, with the recent popularity of YouTube, there is an emerging, end-user created media that has not been thoroughly analyzed for its treatment of our profession. It is discovered that portrayals of libraries and librarians on YouTube are almost exclusively negative, raising the question whether efforts to combat negative librarian stereotypes have been effective. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1541542021-12-15T20:10:38Z A whole new world of freaks and geeks : libraries and librarians on YouTube Poulin, Eric Library and information science Meida content analysis studies have historically focused on the portrayal of librarians on television and film. However, with the recent popularity of YouTube, there is an emerging, end-user created media that has not been thoroughly analyzed for its treatment of our profession. It is discovered that portrayals of libraries and librarians on YouTube are almost exclusively negative, raising the question whether efforts to combat negative librarian stereotypes have been effective. Published version 2021-12-15T06:08:17Z 2021-12-15T06:08:17Z 2008 Journal Article Poulin, E. (2008). A whole new world of freaks and geeks : libraries and librarians on YouTube. Library and Information Science Research E-Journal, 18(2), 1-11. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LIBRES.2008.2.5 1058-6768 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/154154 10.32655/LIBRES.2008.2.5 2 18 1 11 en Library and Information Science Research E-Journal © 2008 Eric Poulin. All rights reserved. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Library and information science Poulin, Eric A whole new world of freaks and geeks : libraries and librarians on YouTube |
| title | A whole new world of freaks and geeks : libraries and librarians on YouTube |
| title_full | A whole new world of freaks and geeks : libraries and librarians on YouTube |
| title_fullStr | A whole new world of freaks and geeks : libraries and librarians on YouTube |
| title_full_unstemmed | A whole new world of freaks and geeks : libraries and librarians on YouTube |
| title_short | A whole new world of freaks and geeks : libraries and librarians on YouTube |
| title_sort | whole new world of freaks and geeks libraries and librarians on youtube |
| topic | Library and information science |
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