YouTube and You Experiences of Self-Awareness in the Context Collapse of the Recording Webcam

New media not only introduce new ways for us to express ourselves, but also new of self-awareness—new ways to reflect on who we are and how we relate to. This article analyzes the experiences of self-awareness generated by creating, viewing, and responding to deeply personal, unaddressed vlogs on YouTube. a symbolic interactionist framework, it is argued that the globally connected, webcam linking privatized spaces creates a context for sharing profound of self-refl ection and for creating connections that are experienced as profoundly deep yet remain ephemeral and loose.