Unboxing - The Latest Online Video Revelation | Shift
December 3, 2013
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as posted by the channelUnboxing videos have become a hugely popular online phenomenon. All that's involved is somebody filming their own exploits as they remove the packaging from their new high-tech consumer products. Scientists are now investigating the trend.
Unboxing videos comprise selfshot films of people liberating gadgets from their packaging, with live commentary. Many clips have garnered several hundred thousand hits. Three German universities have been conducting interdisciplinary research into the mechanisms and motivation involved. For more go to
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