2 Professors Rock Out Online to Study Fame — and Us

[Frank W. Baker]

From Chronicle of Higher Ed: Most people who stumble across the YouTube video of the self-proclaimed rock star Gory Bateson singing to a scantily clad prostitute in Amsterdam's red-light district probably have no idea that the work is part of a research project — or that the man holding the guitar is a tenured professor. The video has attracted more than 12,000 views and won a few online fans. But it has upset some of the professor's colleagues, who say that whatever this two-minute clip is, it is definitely not academic work. Frankly, those colleagues make some good points. But despite this project's oddities and flaws, it suggests a new kind of ethnographic study made possible by online social media. And this singing scholar is not the only professor seeking online fame in hopes of studying the experience.

[Ryan Goble]

Frank, aren't you going to embed the YouTube Video so we can see it?

Don't leave us hangin' like that man!

RRG:)

[Frank W. Baker]

Ryan
The first professor referenced has hundreds of videos and I thought the Chronicle would have linked to it (NOT)...but I hope readers will surf over there to try to locate it, because I just don't have that much time. The second professor has lots of entries too. :) FB