Elsaesser: His depiction of art does not really comply with what is founds on sites like YouTube today. Elsaesser believes that with an overload of videos that lack creative construction, the element of the "avant-garde" is lost and film making, in this sense, has lost its artistic touch.
Manovich: His idea of YouTube videos as art differs; he believes that YouTube users are actually creating a new form of art with a greater diversity and conversation with others.
The way both authors view art is different in part to the way both authors view realism, or life. Elsaesser believes that "art" on YouTube is not life like; it is not real, but virtual; it is not creative, but systematic. Manovich, on the other hand, sees YouTube's attributes as important aspects of social life. Connecting worldwide with video expressions is spreading art through a constantly changing, creative atmosphere. Elsaesser seems to fear that a site like YouTube is hurting the general amount of traditional creativity that accompanies film making, and Manovich seems less concerned about the ways in which the videos are created, and more excited about the idea of lots of people communication on a large scale through forms of creative interaction.
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