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Are ISB’s Youtubers motivated by honing their skills or sharing with an audience? Youtuber's Purpose of recording video and upload it in youtube

A YouTuber is a person who uploads, produces, or appears in videos on YouTube, which is a free video-sharing platform that is owned by Google. There are minimal restrictions on uploading videos, which can be made available to anyone.

"Love Department" By Nicha Sapasarasin, 2021

Class of 2023 senior, Nicha Sapsarasin is one of the representatives on youtube in senior grades. She is a Youtuber who uploads various genres of video about gaming, outfits, makeup tutorials, film, and vlogs. She said she publishes her videos because “I think there is something special about getting to share your work, receiving feedback from people around the world, and seeing how other people connect with your feelings. This especially applies when I release my film because some of those contain feelings that are very close to me. It makes me feel fulfilled in a way.” Also, she added “I like to talk in my free time and I also enjoy gaming and makeup. It is a fun process to improve my editing skills and confidence. In a way, I just love the whole filmmaking process, and getting to use those skills (editing, filming, etc) in any way, even if it is not a big film process, makes me happy."

Class of 2024 junior, Sung Lee said that he uploaded youtube videos until about a year ago. He mentioned that "Youtube was a video tool to make me record my life, especially days when I did not want to forget. It was kind of similar to a concept as a diary." he explained that he quit uploading videos because "I spent excessive time filming and editing videos, and after second semester of sophomore year, I felt I began to struggle with time management."

There are also teacher Youtubers at ISB. As many IB students know, Mr. Giles and Mr. Cohen manage the "IB English Guys" youtube account and provide useful and helpful resources and tips for IB English courses.

"Welcome to our NEW website!" IB English Guys, 2022

Almost every viewer of the IB English Guys channel is a junior or senior who takes IB English class. Senior grade Perrine Sithi-Amnuai said, "I am grateful that I can watch IB English guys' youtube videos to refer to, it feels like I can have a school class anywhere, including home." In addition, another senior Ananda (Bywbyw) Limprasert said: "I am Mr. Giles's English class student and I often watch the IB English Guys Youtube channel."

However, Bywbyw also mentioned that she uses Youtube for "not only watching tutorials or learning on youtube when I need help academically, but also youtube is a good platform to explore music or watching on youtube as they get recommended from algorithm service." Moreover, Class of 2025, Jay Kim said "In my opinion, Youtube is a platform mainly for entertainment. So I only watch sports highlights or gaming Youtubers on youtube."

From interviews and analyzing different motivations and goals of Youtubers and different perspectives and interests of Youtube viewers, we can conclude that even at ISB, every person is using video platforms in various ways.

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