Today's You Tube Video

In class we watched a video titled " An Anthropological Introduction to You Tube" by Mike Wesch. It explained how You Tube was formed and how it grew so rapidly. I often log onto You Tube to watch movies or listen to music, but I never really thought about how it was constructed. It's amazing to find out how the web page was made. It is a real good example of how fast information can travel over the Internet. Another thing is that people can relate to each other through these videos. Not only can I look up movies or music videos, I can also look videos that are very informative or D.I.Y based. It was interesting to see that videos done right out of your home that cost nothing can overcome the mainstream mediocre videos that cost thousands to make. Wesch talks about how his video that cost nothing made it to the top ten videos viewed in almost a week and how it won over the Super Bowl commercials. Then he talks about how a boy created his own song and video of him dancing to this song and how it spreads over the world in just days. He becomes famous and actually makes an official video that explains how it was spread through mass media. I sometimes get nervous talking in front of crowds of people I don't even know. You Tube gives people in the same situation a chance to express themselves in their most comfortable state . Other people can watch your videos and react to them in their most comfortable state making it very intimate without the awkward silence and embarrassing moments. Some people can argue with your points and views and others can agree with them without caring what other people think. It is just cycles of information going on and on and passing on to other cycles. Wesch also talks about how people start to create other personas and how others got upset by this. I don't see why people should get angry about this. Getting infront of a camera can often drive a person to act out in ways they usually don't in person, especially in the comfort of their own room.