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
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