When asked this week to hypothetically construct and conduct a survey on the publics Youtube habits, I strongly felt that there was much reserve when it came to talking about our OWN Youtube habits; almost like a shame or embarrassment. Regardless - as this could merely be my opinion - through further discussion it become obvious that many people knew several reason WHY people accessed Youtube and x-amount of CATEGORIES of videos that could be viewed. Fellow students shared exampled of satiric videos; mocking often serious political issues or rather pointless news. Others mentioned the vast number of slap-stick style videos; purely for entertainment sakes. What also came up were tutorial videos, with everything from hair and makeup tips, to use of software, and to cooking instructions. Youtube is an increasingly complex, yet successful society.
Firstly, I will be open and honest with my fellow bloggers. I am a closet movie trailer fan. I could spend hours on end discovering countless movie trailers for up and coming releases, often even past releases. What I do do most however is share my Youtube experience with friends via Facebook. It is almost natural now if after I have come across a new music video or track release, I copy the url and step two, paste it to a friends wall. Not only am I giving this video new exposure to the 40+ mutual friends we have, but I am also sharing a vital part of my self through the selection of music i post weekly on particular friends Facebook wall, or my own.
If I take myself out of the picture now, it will seem that I am not the only person in the world doing this. Youtube is no longer isolated or platform. Youtube is shared; it is made to be shared. Not internally, but on an external scale. It is discussed in media, discussed in person, it is a groundbreaking phenomenon responsible for creating phenomenon's. Take the sweeping blonde bombshell Justin Bieber for example, Chris Crocker's Leave Britney Alone melt-down (and the parodies to follow), and the heart warming sensation that crossed the world asking "Where the Hell is Matt?". Lives are being effected without the need to leave comfort zones; often other's are doing that for us, yet we give them something in return: acknowledgment.
* Check out the trailer of sweet little Mr. Bieber's up and coming movie, a depiction of his life (incase somebody in the Western world is be living under a rock):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COJCN3Mhr14
*A (very) public melt-down, and it's not actually Britney herself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc
*See how many countries you recognize if you can distract yourself away from the most peculiar style dance in "Where the Hell is Matt?" (this is actually a personal favourite I post regularly to remind friends):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY
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