Visual tactility: ‘Oddly satisfying’ videos, sensory genres and ambiguities in children’s YouTube

IF 2.4 2区 文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION
Bjørn Nansen, J. Balanzategui
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Abstract

This article contributes to research on children’s YouTube, online video genres and media consumption practices by focusing on genres that take shape at the intersection of digital media content and embodied sensation and in particular ‘oddly satisfying’ (OS) videos. This type of content has become popular on YouTube, where examples of satisfying and OS content include the manipulation or movement of a range of colourful or tactile materials such as slime, kinetic sand or icing a cake. To document the evolution and key characteristics of this genre, we analyse YouTube videos using content analysis methods. Our findings show the characteristics of this sensory genre can be understood through the concept of visual tactility, which highlights the synaesthetic feel of watching these videos. Further, we identify and examine how OS videos demonstrate ambiguities in children’s YouTube content, audiences and regulation by overlapping with other sensory genres and more adult content, such as ASMR. This analysis thus situates this sensory genre in relation to the developing study of children’s YouTube entertainment industries and media regulation.
视觉触感:“奇怪地令人满意”的视频,儿童YouTube中的感官类型和模糊性
本文对儿童YouTube、在线视频类型和媒体消费实践的研究做出了贡献,重点关注在数字媒体内容和具体化感觉的交叉点形成的类型,特别是“奇怪的满足”(OS)视频。这种类型的内容在YouTube上很受欢迎,其中令人满意和操作系统的内容的例子包括操作或移动一系列彩色或触觉材料,如粘液、动沙或蛋糕糖衣。为了记录这种类型的演变和关键特征,我们使用内容分析方法分析YouTube视频。我们的研究结果表明,这种感官类型的特征可以通过视觉触觉的概念来理解,视觉触觉强调了观看这些视频时的联觉感觉。此外,我们识别并研究了OS视频如何通过与其他感官类型和更多成人内容(如ASMR)重叠,在儿童YouTube内容、受众和监管中表现出模糊性。因此,这一分析将这种感官类型与儿童YouTube娱乐产业和媒体监管的发展研究联系起来。
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