Thursday, October 9, 2008

Baracks got some moves....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsWpvkLCvu4




Media plays a huge role in our lives and not until the development of the internet and youtube have the people really had a great affect on the media. Youtube is really media for the people by the people. TV, Radio and Newspapers are all ran by corporations and owned by corporations that tell the authors what they should write and what they should tell people to think about, agenda setting. Youtube gives people the chance to post what they think is important, what they think is funny, and gives people an outlet to campaign or advocate for something they feel is important. I could surf youtube for hours just looking at all the different things that people post, i feel that youtube and the internet really empowers people by giving them a medium to really share what they think. Yes, there are editorials in newspapers where people can write to the newspaper and say what they think, but youtube brings this to a whole new level. It is worldwide where newspapers are sometimes just local. The internet has more users than single newspapers and is able to publish more views than traditional media can.

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