Are YouTubers Revolutionizing Entertainment?

Another interesting video from PBS Off Book:

Over the past 8 years, YouTube has given birth to an increasingly sophisticated entertainment culture that operates outside of the traditional television and film ecosystem. With humble roots in charismatic and creative people simply sharing their lives, thoughts, and humor to their webcams, YouTube entertainment has diversified and grown into tens of thousands of unique channels with millions of loyal fans and subscribers. With a new generation of viewers increasingly turning to YouTube instead of broadcast TV, a new industry is being built around personalities who have dissolved the barriers between on-screen talent and the audience, and who employ visual aesthetics that make the viewer feel as if they are a part of the creator's life. Truly, we are in a new era of entertainment, one being led by millions of young people who are equally happy to watch video on their laptop as they are on their TV.

Channels Featured in this video include:

1) Hannah Hart
2) PewDiePie
3) Elle Fowler
4) Sam Merrick
5) Sam Pepper
6) Wheezy Waiter
7) Charlie McDonnell
8) Magic of Rahat
9) AmazingPhil
10) Daily Grace
11) Dave Days
12) Community Channel
13) RealityChangers
14) Kevin's Channel
15) Ray William Johnson
16) Smosh
17) VlogBrothers
18) Joe Sugg
19) Ben Breedlove
20) Idea Channel
21) MyMusic: The Experience
22) Jenna Marbles
23) HotForWords
24) Cracked
25) VlogCandy
26) Vsauce
27) Vsauce2
28) Vsauce
29) CTFxC
30) DanIsNotOnFire
31) PointlessBlog
32) MeekaKitty
33) Ryan Higga
34) MemeMolly
35) Mitchell Davis
36) Shut Up! Cartoons
37) The Lizzie Bennet Diaries
38) Choose A Different Ending
39) Shane Dawson TV
40) The Philip DeFranco Show
41) Kassem G
42) The NoHo Girls
43) Luisito Rey
44) Rosanna Pansino
45) Swoozie
46) DSPGaming
47) KittiesMama Family Channel

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