What Defines a Community?

Patricia Lange's web site

I am an anthropologist conducting research on video sharing on YouTube and in the video blogging community. See: http://digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu/ Many people still argue about what a community is, and whether online groups can be communities. In asking people at SouthTube whether YouTube is a community, people provided answers that I found very interesting. If you watch closely you will see many different definitions in words and images. What do you think defines a community? Which criteria do you find most persuasive? This footage was taken at the SouthTube meeting in Georgia on September 22-23, 2007. For more information on SouthTube see: http://www.youtube.com/user/SouthTubeGathering. Please note that this is a research site and that comments posted to the site may be used in research. For more information about the study and how posted comments are used in research please see: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=A...