YouTube

The meme that wouldn't shut up
By Katrina Tulloch
January 30, 2012 - 9:11pm
Commentary: The NewsHouse takes its place in the glorious marketplace of bad ideas.

This is written in defense of a meme.

In the February issue of Esquire, Tom Chiarella describes the trendy discussion topic of the "mancession."

"Trends are ugly, vacuous creatures," Chiarella wrote. "They demand acknowledgement, ask for argument, a measure of outrage, or judgment."

Child-Friendly YouTube Channel Gets Adult Makeover
By Sophia Borrelli
October 17, 2011 - 10:12am
Sesame Street account hacked with pornographic content on Sunday

Instead of seeing their favorite Sesame street characters like Elmo, Bert and Ernie, children who viewed the Sesame Street YouTube page on Sunday saw something very different. USAToday.com reported that YouTube users MREDXWX and MRSUICIDER91 hacked the site and posted porn. The porn was on the site for over 20 minutes before it was taken off.

Google and Sesame Workshop Apologizes to the Public

Comedian-songwriter Bo Burnham gets lyrical
By Alexandra Spychalsky
March 23, 2011 - 12:01am
The YouTube sensation entertained students in Goldstein Auditorium Tuesday night with his smart, shameless style.

Slouched over his keyboard like the Peanuts’ resident pianist Schroeder, Bo Burnham’s shaggy, blond hair shakes to the rhythm as he pounds the keys and belts his original ballad, “Love is.”

“I want you, yea, like JFK wa-aa-nted a car with a roof.”

10-year-old Lada Gaga becomes YouTube hit
By Jared Scott Mandel
March 4, 2011 - 1:54pm
With her rendition of 'Born This Way,' 10-year-old girl steals heart of her idol.

Lady Gaga may have some competition. Ten-year-old Maria Aragon created a YouTube video of her rendition of Lady Gaga’s new single, “Born This Way," according to CNN. Her performance has has become a YouTube hit, while catching Lady Gaga’s attention.

Aragon joined her idol on stage Thursday night and Gaga even shed a few tears.

Gaming class goes online through YouTube
By Matthew Nojiri
July 16, 2009 - 3:28pm
SU professor says he's moving online education in a new direction

Syracuse University professor Scott Nicholson is teaching a class of more than 300 people from the comfort of his own home..

There, Nicholson, an associate professor in SU’s School of Information Studies, or iSchool, records a daily video blog about how libraries can bring people together through gaming programs, whether it’s an older board game like Monopoly or a newer electronic game like Dance Dance Revolution.  What makes his course,“Gaming in Libraries,”  different from other online classes is that his is taught entirely through YouTube.