Lip dubbing on YouTube: Participatory culture and cultural globalization
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This paper examined two popular examples of the form: China's Back Dorm Boys and Moymoy Palaboy, from the Philippines, and found that the dozens of videos produced by each group speak to issues of cultural imperialism and globalization, as well as broader concerns about participatory culture within YouTube space.Abstract:
In the phenomenon of lip dubbing online, music fans throughout the world mime along with their favorite (usually Western) pop songs, and distribute videos of the performances to web video sites like YouTube. Two popular examples of the form are examined: China's Back Dorm Boys, and Moymoy Palaboy, from the Philippines. The dozens of videos produced by each group speak to issues of cultural imperialism and globalization, as well as broader concerns about participatory culture within the YouTube space.read more
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