I’ve just come across (by pure chance - i.e. while surfing idly to get a break) a Utube blog which will undoubtedly make my Viva preps much easier. On my Timeplan of VIVA Preparations document, the entry for 11th Dec - 17th Dec reads:
Up-to-date knowledge on ‘webfilms’, i.e Google buying YouTube etc.; reread thesis; focus on Introduction, Discussion, and Conclusion.
That is, I had planned to devote a few days to YouTube - related news and films as undoubtedly this is one of the areas where my thesis is highly relevant. I kind of theoretically anticipated the whole thing! Well, not quite… as I’ve said elsewhere, I haven’t actually dealt much with YouTube in my thesis because for most of my time researching and writing about online video it didn’t exist!
The Utube blog is maintained by an academic -
Professor Edward Lee, a specialist in intellectual property, international intellectual property, and law, technology, and innovation.
Brilliant. This means I can pretty much rely on its accuracy and authority, plus the blog will have an interesting and highly relevant take on the whole online video thing, especially, in regard to intellectual property. Power in the ‘information age’ which is related not to material but intellectual property is one of the areas discussed in my thesis.
Overall, idling and surfing aimlessly sometimes has unexpectedly productive results! Though most of the time it’s a waste of time 
Filed under: Online Video, PhD, PhD VIVA, YouTube, thesis
