"It's cool... YouTube made me popular"
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"It's cool... YouTube made me popular"
I think it's really interesting how youtube creates a new sort of celebrity. But more so, I think it's interesting to see how youtube is affecting our younger generation. It seems that every 12 year old has their own youtube page with videos of them talking or dancing or lip syncing to their fave songs. I wonder if this is actually detrimental to their actual social lives. Do you think kids get made fun of at school because of their youtube videos? Or what about getting made fun of by strangers on youtube? Also, do you think kids become dependent on their internet lives/Youtube so much so that they avoid actual interactions with kids in the real world? I've always wondered if the internet in general is causing the younger generations to become more and more socially awkward and hermit-like. When my parents were kids, a lot of parents would push their kids outside to go play and say, "Come home when it gets dark". Now, I think it's almost easier for parents to give their kids a computer and video games or World Of Warcraft and leave them be. Is this the parents fault or is it just the way technology is developing? And how can parents monitor their kids "internet lives" without being too intrusive and without making their kids angry?
While the videos below are comical to watch, the more I think about the more I realize that these kids may actually get bullied because of it. It's easy to laugh at the ridiculous stuff people say on youtube, but at the end of the day, a lot of these people are just awkward teenagers (and even pre-teens) who want to be more mature than their emotions/intellect will allow and may not understand what they're actually saying. PS- Read some of the comments people post under the videos. Harsh. DO PARENTS KNOW THIS IS GOING ON?!
While the videos below are comical to watch, the more I think about the more I realize that these kids may actually get bullied because of it. It's easy to laugh at the ridiculous stuff people say on youtube, but at the end of the day, a lot of these people are just awkward teenagers (and even pre-teens) who want to be more mature than their emotions/intellect will allow and may not understand what they're actually saying. PS- Read some of the comments people post under the videos. Harsh. DO PARENTS KNOW THIS IS GOING ON?!
Re: "It's cool... YouTube made me popular"
I know what you mean. Kids don't realize how this could affect them (tomorrow at school or down the line.) You wonder where are the parents of kids this age. They need to monitor what's going on. Don't need to make an issue over everything, but they have to watch out for and guide their children!
Monica8- Number of posts : 20
Registration date : 2009-09-01
Re: "It's cool... YouTube made me popular"
Everyone is a celebrity now-a-days and that is the problem and that is why the level of talent in the past 5-8 years in the entertainment industry has declined with the emergence of youtube. Weezer even made a video "Pork and Beans" dedicated to the "stars" of youtube, which is sad because like I said in another post Weezer used to be the ultimate alternative geek chic band in the 90's.
SamC211- Number of posts : 10
Registration date : 2009-12-09
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