Videos for learning
Coordination
Dominique Pasquier
Presentation
Over the past fifteen years there has been a spectacular upsurge in the production of how-to and knowledge videos, in terms of the growing numbers both of content creators and of users, who consume them intensively. These videos, mostly produced by amateurs and now available on several platforms (YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, etc.), provide access to a wide range of knowledge and skills, from cooking to science and personal care. This issue on ‘Videos for Learning’ seeks: 1) to further understanding of the diversity of these forms of learning through a survey showing the widespread use of videos for learning (80% of the population watches them), with significant differences according to gender and age, and a wide range of subjects; 2) to show how these videos are becoming part of a learning environment that mobilizes other resources such as courses, peer exchanges, and paper manuals, and which is increasingly giving more space to images at the expense of the written word; 3) and finally, how these videos shape a particular type of interaction between video creators and their audiences, in a specific framework, and formats ranging from traditional knowledge transmission to learning by imitation, that is, by copying. These questions are explored in articles that focus on different learning contexts: music in adulthood, board game rules, leisure activities among young people, DIY, and professional training for doctors.Editorial Board
Valérie BEAUDOUIN [valerie.beaudoin@ehess.fr]
Patrice FLICHY [patrice.flichy@u-pem.fr]
Editorial secretary: Aurélie BUR [aurelie.bur@enpc.fr]
Editorial committee: Jean-Samuel Beuscart, Dominique Cardon, Éric Dagiral, Fabienne Greffet, Virginie Julliard, Christian Licoppe, Benjamin Loveluck, Inna Lyubareva, Sylvie Octobre, Alban Ouahab, Sylvain Parasie, Franck Rebillard, Olivier Voirol
Réseaux has also published
• Beaudouin V., Pasquier D. (2014), Organization and Hierarchy of the Worlds of Amateur Cinema Critics, Reseaux, n° 183, vol. 1, p. 125-159.
• Chalvon-Demersay S., Pasquier D. (1993), In the Name of the Audience. French televion hosts, Reseaux. French Journal of Communication, vol. 1, n° 1, p. 27-37.
• Gire F., PasquieR D., Granjon F. (2007), Culture and Sociability. Leisure Activities in France, Reseaux, n° 145-146, vol. 6, p. 159-215.
• Gilliotte Q., Pasquier D. (2024), Working on your own production linePlatform videographers and their sources of income, Reseaux, n° 246-247, vol. 4, p. 89-126
.• Jouët J., Pasquier D. (1999), Youth and Screen Culture: National survey of 6-17 year olds, Réseaux French Journal of Communication, vol. 7, n° 1, p. 29-58.
• Pasquier D. (1995), « Dear Hélène » Social uses of College series, Réseaux French Journal of Communication, vol. 4, n° 1, p. 85-116.
• Pasquier D. (2001), “Missing the Family”. Inquiry into the New Uses of the Telephone in Immigrant Families, Réseaux, n° 107 vol. 3, p. 181-208.
• Pasquier D. (2008), The Limits of Originality, Réseaux, n° 148-149, vol. 2, p. 175-201.
• Pasquier D. (2018), The working classes online: Overlooked by research?, Réseaux, n° 208-209, vol. 2, p. 9-23
•Pasquier D (2020), Youth cultures in the digital age, Réseaux, n° 222, vol. 4.
• Pasquier D. (2021), Audiences, between television use and programme reception, Réseaux, n° 229, vol. 5, p. 25-40.
• Pasquier D., Rebillard F. (2021), Réseaux and television, Réseaux, n° 229, vol. 5, p. 9-24.
Cover copyright: © Michel Tretiack