I have added a Youtube player to this blog. It's on the left side just below the class blogs. It contains videos I have selected for you. Some have been shown in class and others are supplementary material to illustrate and help you to better understand course content.
It would be perfectly acceptable for you to comment on a Youtube video in a blog post, in the same way you would comment on a news item you have found online.
Evaluate Youtube videos the same way as you would assess any other source. If it's a speaker like Jack Layton, you already know it's authoritative and you will be getting a social democratic perspective on something. If it's a couple of guys doing a drunken rant in someone's basement... well... it may or may not be entertaining, but it is probably not too great a source for an academic assignment.
However, even an unknown individual's video can have value if you post it and then critique the underlying ideology.
Note: Do NOT post any videos with hate speech of any kind, even if you want to critique it.
So there are many excellent Youtube videos out there, but you can't take anything at face value until you identify who has made it and from what perspective.
Silvia
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