A. Cultural Anthropologists - electronic oral traditions/ performances

1. Oral tradition and the Internet. John Miles Foley. Blog.                     http://otandit.blogspot.com/

2. Dell Hymes."In vain I tried to tell you": essays in Native American ethnopoetics

3. Hymes, Dell. Foundations of Sociolinguistics: An Ethnographic Approach. Philadelphia: U of Pennsylvania P, 1974.
http://www1.appstate.edu/~mcgowant/hymes.htm#hymes 

B. Youtube Culture and effects - western view

1. Professor Michael Wesch's speech, "The Machine is (Changing) Us: YouTube Culture and the Politics of Authenticity."  http://www.citizentube.com/2009/07/youtube-culture-and-politics-of.html

2. Dr. Alexandra Juhasz                                                                                                  Media Praxis: A Radical Web-Site Integrating Theory, Practice and Politics

3. "Learning from YouTube: An interview with Alexandra Juhasz," Confessions on an Aca-Fan,  February 20 and 22, 2008.

C. Theocratic middle eastern Government and youtube

1. "Pakistan Blocks Youtube Video Access"

2. Internet Study 2007. P2P downloading/ streaming in countries. ipoque.

http://www.ipoque.com/resources/internet-studies/internet-study-2007

3. Saudi's 'pure' version of YouTube

http://middleeastblog.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/saudis-pure-version-of-youtube/

4. The Iranian Uprisings and the Challenge of the New Media: Rethinking the Politics of Representation

Henry A. Giroux

http://www.uta.edu/huma/agger/fastcapitalism/5_2/Giroux5_2.html