For what it's worth, I found the CGPGrey videos a long time ago, they were my introduction to all of this, and I found them extremely accessible, and quote liked them. I wish he would do more on the various systems I have come to learn about since then.
-Benn Grant eFix Computer Consulting [email protected] 603.283.6601 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Warren D Smith Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 5:47 PM To: Maxime Lévesque; electionscience Subject: [CES #9085] Survey of high-view youtube voting system videos youtube search, "voting systems". You can tell their search gizmo to sort by rating, #views, relevance, etc. "By rating" is totally useless since it says a video rated + by 1 rater, with zero other raters, is "top rated." "#views" is more useful. Here I examine all the ones with at least 50K viewers (there were 15 such). Sorting these 15 into order of decreasing rating (approve/disapprove ratio), and throwing out the ones I determined to be off topic, here is what I found: --- UCSB Security Group's Attack on Voting Machines (Part1 of 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWDEZqqqBHE 79+, 0- "maximum possible" rating since zero disapprovals. Decent video quality, mediocre audio. Long, somewhat annoying. Many helped produce this. It makes its point for those who listen all 9 minutes. Mixed-Member Proportional Representation Explained by CGPGrey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT0I-sdoSXU 113 good video+audio. Seems made using keynote. I dislike it since artificially hard to follow, the "animals" theme annoying, video effects abused, too fast. The Problems with First Past the Post Voting Explained by CGPGrey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo 98 I dislike it since artificially hard to follow, the "animals" theme annoying, video effects abused, too fast. Made with keynote. But I find it better than the otherCGPGrey voting videos. 6.5 minutes. The Alternative Vote Explained by CGPGrey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y3jE3B8HsE 96 I dislike it since artificially hard to follow, the "animals" theme annoying, video effects abused, too fast. Made with keynote. Cleese on PR (full length) Posted by fairvote, probably illegally. Made by professional comic John Cleese. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSUKMa1cYHk 64 guy talking with charts on easels, computer graphics, and props, professional editing, writing and camera work. Occasional humor. America's Roommates Launch 'One Vote Doesn't Matter' Campaign by The Onion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF5ZeXOCZBY 61 entertaining but useless. Lots of fancy graphics and many contributors. "Voter Apathy" The Arena / Tales Of Mere Existence by AgentXPQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtJ9SBh0RC4 56 Lousy video quality and mediocre audio with voiceover, but I like it due to the content and good writing & editing. Turns out it was professional video for radiofrance. Actually this is probably the one I like best. Just How Corrupt Will The United States Voting System Be In 2012? by Danny Wilten http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVS5TIppad8 52 really bad video quality. mediocre audio quality. Voice over with still pictures and stolen video clips. Unappealing to me. Most of the still pictures contain text which is hard to read. Lousy obviously unscripted writing and unpolished narration and not easy to tell quickly what he is aiming to say. He has some good stuff to say. Voting Booth Talk Back by collegehumor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUn1mhvK9Lg 41 crappy writing and animation, but good video+audio quality, many voices by actors. Zero content, apparently. Sucks shit. Voting machine (Bush vs. Kerry) by lamyunholic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUdpj3gJofQ 34 entertaining but wholy stupid and content free. Many helpers in making this video. India's EVMs are Vulnerable to Fraud by Prasad et al. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlCOj1dElDY 34 voice over with keynote animated slideslow. Good quality video & audio. Slow and not very entertaining, but makes its point pretty damn convincingly. Is your Cat confused about the alternative vote? by midnightcrow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiHuiDD_oTk 28 good story telling keeps it entertaining, but is not easy to learn well from it. Lots of video editing. Seems to avoid lies. Stephen Fry on how the Alternative Vote works http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J31QkzWmmUc 25 lots of lies told. I detest this video. Abuses a lot of fancy graphics and good audio. Alternative Vote System : What it is & why you need to vote on May 5th for AV by teasup2you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FstA45lxgFs 12.7 excellent audio & video quality. Animations seem beyond what can easily be done using keynote. Probably used higher quality animation software. Tells a lot of lies, but sounds good while doing so. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Center for Election Science" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
