Party Leaders on YouTube from April 27 to May 4, 2007

A preliminary Infoscape study has found that a select number of partisan bloggers and federal politicians are dominating referrals to YouTube political videos. The study found that nearly 55% of all external links to YouTube videos are facilitated by bloggers embedding videos on their own respective websites. 13% of all external referrals are being made by federal politicians (namely, Garth Turner & Elizabeth May). 6% of referrals stem from the Liblog and Blogging Tories networks. 21% of external links come from a host of other web platforms (other video aggregators, discussion groups, websites, and online newsletters).
There are also early indications that users of Facebook are also beginning to embed YouTube Videos on their site, but not to the same degree as the partisan bloggers, networks, and politicians. 4% of video referrals/links were found to have come from Facebook accounts.

YouTube Referrals by Type for Week Ending April 27, 2007

Only two new videos appeared in the top ranks of tagged federal leaders this week, and overall views were down for the week. No new videos appeared in the top five viewed videos for Duceppe, Layton, or May; and only one new video appeared for Harper and Dion respectively.

Two new videos appeared in the top ten of the Conservative list (but not the top five which we tally below); however, these videos might be important in coming weeks since they focus on the income trust issue: 1) "con flip flop file: income trust" and 2) "Harper's Promises: Lie. Conceal. Fabricate." The videos are being uploaded by the Canadian Association of Income Trust Investors

The second most viewed video for Stephane Dion was a new video this week created by the Liberal Party, showing Dion at the 59th Anniversary of Israel as a State Festivities taking place in Montreal. The video is being promoted through Jason Cherniak's blog.

Title	Affiliation	Tone	Upload Date	Views Last Week
True story, Real Life	Unknown	Neutral	January 17, 2007	2446
Jack Layton Slip ( Big Ass )	Unknown	Neutral	December 5, 2006	1122
RBO - Bye Bye 2006 - Stephen Harper - Holiday Inn	Unknown	Negative	March 24, 2007	746
Stephen Harper meets George Bush Cartoon	Unknown	Negative	October 19, 2006	443
Rick Mercer Report: Harper Home Pregnancy Test	Unknown	Negative	March 29, 2007	423

Title	Affiliation	Tone	Upload Date	Views Last Week
RBO - Bye Bye 2006 - Codeine - Stephane Dion	Unknown	Negative	March 22, 2007	930
59th Independence Day of the State of Israel	Liberal	Positive	April 27, 2007	522
Canadian Leadership /Leadership canadien	Liberal	Positive	April 26, 2007	446
Stephane Dion & Elizabeth May - The Red Green Show	Blogger Network	Negative	April 15, 2007	247
Immature Liberal Party Caucus Can't be called to order	Blogger Network	Negative	February 22, 2007	235

Title	Affiliation	Tone	Upload Date	Views Last Week
Jack Layton Slip ( Big Ass )	unknown	Negative	December 5, 2006	1122
Olivia Chow's Green House Tour	NDP	Positive	November 25, 2006	500
Jack Layton and the Gift-Concert of Handel's Messiah	NDP	Positive	December 15, 2006	251
Manu Militari- Automne 2005	unknown	Neutral	February 9, 2007	207
Stephen Harper - The UNTOLD Story	Conservative	Negative	February 11, 2007	204

Title	Affiliation	Tone	Upload Date	Views Last Week
Guy lepage eric lapointe veronique cloutier	Unknown	Neutral	April 12, 2007	677
Dieu Crea Laflaque ( Jour de l'an )	Unknown	Negative	January 3, 2007	259
The day Jean Chretien snapped	Unknown	Negative	December 24, 2006	224
Un Noël politique	Unknown	Neutral	December 23, 2006	50
L'André-Boisclairisateur	Unknown	Neutral	December 16, 2006	42

Title	Affiliation	Tone	Upload Date	Views Last Week
Stephane Dion & Elizabeth May - The Red Green Show	Blogger Network	Negative	April 15, 2007	247
Stephen Harper - The UNTOLD Story	Conservative	Negative	February 11, 2007	204
Green Party leader Elizabeth May challenges Peter McKay	Unknown	Neutral	March 19, 2007	72
Green - Liberal Alliance in Central Nova	Unknown	Neutral	April 16, 2007	56
Green Party Nomination - One on One with Elizabeth May	Blogger Network	Positive	October 29, 2006	43