When discussing YouTube and how it is an example of Henry Jenkins participatory culture and David Gauntlett's work on Web 2.0 you should discuss Michael Wesch and his digital anthropology of YouTube. In a nutshell he suggests that YouTube is a global sharing phenomenon. It enables young people to be political and democratic through technology. His work is supported by Gauntlett in his latest publication "Making is Connecting".
The work of Michael Wesch goes against academics such as Buckingham who argue that young people are not concerned about politics and are not politically minded. Wesch states that they are, just in ways that digital immigrants don't understand. They're attempting to change culture and have their voice heard through digital platforms.
Clearly from here you can see how you could begin to discuss we media and Dan Gilmore's theory of citizen journalism etc.
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