Biography Patricia Lange

Patricia is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Cinematic Arts at the university of Southern California. She received her Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Michigan. Lange is currently conducting research on the video blogging community and on YouTube as part of a large-scale, MacArthur-funded project on digital youth and informal learning. Specifically, her project is
concerned with studying the semiotics of video creation, sharing, and reception online. By studying the mediated experiences of everyday life, the project increases our understanding of concepts such as emotion, identity, online communication, and human experience of place offline and in the vlogosphere.

Summary
“Illuminating Journeys: The Voyage Out and the Voyage In”
This panel explores what film and video media creators may learn about the world, about their craft, and about themselves through video blogging. The panel will involve a 20 minute lecture and screening of select video blogs organized around three main themes:
1) What can media creators learn about the world and others through participating in video creation and sharing online?
2) What can they learn about their craft (including artistic and business aspects of distribution)? and
3) What do they learn about themselves by creating and watching video blogs?
The session will provide an opportunity for questions about the material presented and will conclude with an, interactive live video blogging session in which participants can discuss particular issues in relation to their experiences and future goals.