YouTuber
Let an agent explain the YouTuber as an occupation and cultural role, relay how creators earn, platform rules and research on the creator economy from platform and media studies sources with attribution, describe the niches the registry aliases name, and distinguish YouTubers from streamers, influencers, broadcasters and individual channels, without promoting harmful content.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the YouTuber as an occupation and cultural role, relay how creators earn, platform rules and research on the creator economy from platform and media studies sources with attribution, describe the niches the registry aliases name, and distinguish YouTubers from streamers, influencers, broadcasters and individual channels, without promoting harmful content.
A content creator who produces videos for YouTube, often as a profession earning from advertising, sponsorships and memberships, in niches such as gaming including Minecraft YouTubers, education, books as BookTubers, climbing and other hobbies; the registry aliases also include patostreamer, a Polish term for creators who stream harmful or degrading content, and MrMarmot, the name of an individual channel, which is an instance rather than a kind.
What it is for: Producing video content for YouTube.
It can be explain the role; relay monetisation and rules; describe niches; distinguish related roles.
Distinguishing features
Platform-specific
Creator economy
Many niches
Platform policy governed
What it looks like
Not a visible object; a person making videos.
Physical character
YouTube launched: 2005 year
YouTube Partner Program: since 2007 note
patostreaming: term from Polish internet culture note
How it is recognised
Creator of YouTube videos
Minecraft YouTuber, BookTuber, educational YouTuber, climbing YouTuber; patostreamer; MrMarmot as a channel
Streamers broadcast live; influencers span platforms; broadcasters are media companies; a channel is an instance
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
publishes on -
is contrasted with - who broadcasts live
is governed by -
In practice
Families and kinds
gaming YouTubers including Minecraft creators
educational YouTubers
BookTubers
hobby and sports YouTubers such as climbing
vloggers
harmful content creators such as patostreamers, as a criticised phenomenon
Standards and regulation
YouTube Community Guidelines and monetisation policies
Advertising disclosure rules for sponsored content
Child protection rules such as COPPA
Failure modes and hazards
Promoting harmful content
Registry aliases naming an individual channel
Stale platform policy descriptions
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What a YouTuber is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a YouTuber, and how does the role differ from streamer, influencer, broadcaster and an individual channel? definition
- Is the question about the occupation, a niche, platform rules or a specific person? boundary
Niches
Niches.
Niches
Niches.
- What are Minecraft, educational, book and climbing YouTubers, and what does patostreamer mean? definition
- Which entry fits the specific niche? action
Economy Creator economy.
Attribution.
Earning
Earning.
Earning
Earning.
- How do YouTubers earn from ads, sponsorships and memberships, as platform and research sources describe? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Research
Research.
Research
Research.
- What does media research say about creator labour and algorithms, with findings attributed? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Rules Rules and harms.
Regulation.
Policies
Policies.
Policies
Policies.
- What do community guidelines, disclosure rules and child protection laws require? provenance
- Which entry fits content moderation? action
Harms
Harmful content.
Harms
Harms.
- How have patostreaming and other harmful content been criticised and regulated, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and non-promotional? boundary
Context Culture and history.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did YouTubing become a profession? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of YouTube? action
Culture
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
- How have YouTubers shaped education, gaming and popular culture? provenance
- Which entry fits internet culture? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should BookTuber and patostreamer be separate primary entries?
- How should media studies sources be linked?
- The registry alias MrMarmot names an individual channel and should be split off