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%T Card stories on YouTube: a new frame for online self-disclosure %A Misoch, Sabina %J Media and Communication %N 1 %P 2-12 %V 2 %D 2014 %K Youtube; Selbstauskunft %@ 2183-2439 %U http://www.cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/mediaandcommunication/article/view/16 %X This paper deals with the phenomenon of so-called (note) card stories on YouTube. Card stories can be described as self-disclosing videos or confessions, using a new frame for telling one's own story audio-visually to the public by combining "old" (hand-written messages) and "new" media (video, computer mediated communication). In 2012/13, a qualitative and exploratory study with a sample of 25 card story videos on YouTube was conducted. The content and visual analysis revealed (1) that these videos are bound to a very specific frame of presentation, (2) that they deal with specific topics, and (3) that the presenter does not remain (visually) anonymous. These findings question previous research results that stressed a strong correlation between online self-disclosure and (visual) anonymity; further, the findings show that this special frame of textual confessions via video supports deep self-disclosures. %C MISC %G en %9 Zeitschriftenartikel %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info