Jeff Jarvis at BuzzMachine blogs and writes in The Guardian about how YouTube has lead frogged TV (and print):
The revolution will not be televised. It will be YouTubed. The open TV of the people is already turning into a powerful instrument of politics – of communication, message, and image – in the next US presidential election. Witness: Democrats Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards; Republican Sam Brownback; and more candidates just announced their runs for the White House not in network-news interviews, nor in big, public events, but instead in their own online videos.
There are so many fronts on which YouTube and similar can replace old channels – as blogging has done for those with opinions.
the old channels are using YouTube for their stories, last night 7’s news featured footage taken by G20 protestors of police attacking protestors – this footage is being viewed worldwide and is showing victoria’s police in a bad light.
the revolution has started but you need to be a netizen to know the full story!