When thinking about how our culture has changed and grown, I can’t help but be drawn to YouTube for the answers and clues. Henry Jenkins is a professor of journalism and a specialist in media studies and relations. In his blog post, Nine Propositions Toward a Cultural Theory of YouTube, he makes the point that YouTube will become a new kind of hybrid media space that bring together artists, amateurs, nonprofit, governmental, and educational. This allows users to share videos and information at ease, all while re posting video’s so people who haven’t seen them have a chance to enjoy. Even today, Henry was spot on with the way that YouTube creates a who new set of problems with copyright and other media laws. Even with these violations, YouTube still operates smoothly and for every video taken down because of copyright, you get 10 others that follow the rules and further the enjoyment and education of YouTube users. YouTube became a community were people can feel comfortable sharing and it has a natural filter; the users. YouTube started the trend of up-votes and down-votes for both comments and the videos, which allows us to not see every little uninteresting video. I don’t think Jenkins saw YouTube becoming as “one” with our culture as it has, but the latest generation have embraced the technology and the ability to share things with the world on a whim. It has evolved to one of the biggest and most prolific sharing sites for not only amateurs, but real artists.
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