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An odd selection of classic Youtube

By Jon on July 17, 2010

A few things I’ve come across recently and thought I should share… A couple of these are thanks to Bente Kalsnes who always has a knack to find excellent things! 1. Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us RSA animation about personal motivations. This is brilliant, and well worth watching until the end. 2. Microsoft [...]

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Political videos so bad they make you squirm

By Jon on January 25, 2010

First up, Germany’s new European Commissioner Günter Oettinger. He says in German that English is vital for German people to speak, and then he goes on to speak absolutely dire English: This terrible, terrible song was put out by the youth of the UMP, the party of Nicolas Sarkozy, featuring dodgy appearances from (among others) Rachida [...]

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Some examples of the power of Youtube

By Jon on November 3, 2009

In the presentations I make about the impact of the internet on politics and society, Youtube often gets a mention. Although not all explicitly political, these are 4 of my favourites. Think of what you could do with some inspiration like this… Dave Carroll, the singer in the first one, said he asked himself “if [...]

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Vote, but don’t vote UKIP

By Jon on May 7, 2009

The European Parliament has just put out this video on Youtube saying that’s it’s never too late to vote. Well, who should you actually vote for? Not UKIP as far as I’m concerned… So I produced a little remix:

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The Lives of Others – UK Civil Liberties mashup

By Jon on April 28, 2009

I spent an hour or so last night putting together this first-ever Youtube video mashup I’ve done, taking the German trailer for Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) and adding subtitles in English – only the subtitles are about UK civil liberties issues in 2009. The idea comes from the famous Downfall mashups, but using [...]

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