About the Book

YouTube: Online Video and Participatory Culture is a book that examines how YouTube is being used by audiences, traditional media companies, amateur users, and other communities. Authors Jean Burgess and Joshua Green explore how YouTube is changing the way media is produced and consumed in today's society, and ponder what the future may hold for the site.

The book was published on May 12, 2009 by Polity Publishers. It is 140 pages long and includes two special essays contributed by Henry Jenkins and John Hartley.

YouTube: Online Video and Participatory Culture is part of the Digital Media and Society Series.