The Problem With 'Video Essays'

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In the wake of controversies surrounding creators like Sunnyv2 and iilluminaughtii, we need to have a conversation. What is this video essay/commentary space? How can creators and audiences alike become more conscious with regards to their participation?

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00:00 introduction
02:18 youtube
05:23 the attention economy
11:50 integrity (yeah)

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Claudio Celis Bueno (2016). “The Attention Economy: Labour, Time and Power in Cognitive Capitalism”

Karl Marx (1867). “Das Kapital, Vol. 1”

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