The comment upon how everything is done inside the safety of your own home and the consequences this has upon what you have to say. As there are virtually no consequences in response to what people have to say, they can say virtually whatever they want. this becomes a problem as people can discuss what ever they want in whatever tone or fashion. Because of this people put down whoever they want for whatever reason they can think of.

On the other hand, this does allow people to comment upon what ever they want in what ever fashion meaning for people in oppressive cultures they can actually say what they think without people knowing it’s them therefore without consequence.

2. What are the key points you have learned from this video?

Firstly about what i said before, but in a different aspect which is the protection of privacy. Basically the people on youtube are not always real. Many of them are just characters made by the presenter to suit a purpose. This becomes a problem such in the case of lonleygirl15 where a fictional reality was created. People do not like being duped, and therefore when found out a negative response arose.

secondly on a different hand is the effect that youtube can have upon people. as illustrated in the last clip youtube can help people. in this case it helped someone get through the hard times in his life. from this you can see that youtube, for many people, is an outlet, a way out from there lives, giving them a new life in which they can feel better about themselves.

I found it interesting though that people are essentially talking to themselves when they vlog off the cuff, as they basically only have themselves to talk to. Youtube allows people to share these intimate moments which is neat in theory.

I found it a little sad however that basically a worldwide connectivity allows people to share their own stupidity but that’s another story.

I might add that I found it a little peculiar that the presenter neglected to mention that many of the videos on youtube are designed particularly by companies to be viral which negates many of the things he says, as companies can simply pay money for more popularity which ruins the concept of true viral video.

2. What are the key points you have learned from this video?
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Talking to a camera allows people to be more personal and sharing with their true personalities

It is surprising to some people that silly things can spread like wildfire if a few people take an interest and share it (Numa Numa dance). It is arguable that perhaps this is not a good thing by the eternally grumpy (such as myself).

The majority of Youtube users are scary people who will threaten bodily harm if they find vlogs are dramatised.

Youtube caters to a much larger audience, and provides many more hours of entertainment than a single television company ever could.

Youtube is part of a bunch of places such as Facebook, Myspace, and Digg where people are all connected.

There are two really, the first is when you hear Lawrence Lessig discussing the effect that current copyright laws are having on society and especially on the youth of today, the second is the point at the end where we were shown effect that you tube had on one of its users (bnessel1973) lives “this web sight, this community helped bring me life again”.

2. What are the keypoints you have learnt from this video?

The first question leads directly to the second, the most notable point that i picked up from the video was the fact that you tube can have an extremely profound effect on some people. This is shown in the monologue at the end from ‘bnessel1973′, and even in the fame of Gary Brolsma.

But the integrity of videos is also an issue as shown with the emokid saga where he is exchanging many videos in an extended internet love story only to eventually reveal he is not the person he was parading as, which could be potentially devastating to the person who had been communicating with him.

The portion of the video that explains copyrights and modern use of the internet and how we have to change the way the law works in relation to these issues because we cannot simply halt the advancement of technology so adaption is necessary.

2. What are the keypoints you have learnt from this video?
- How personal talking in your room to a camera can be. People come out with the most thought provoking ideas and comments when sitting by themselves and discussing ideas with no one.
- How something seemingly basic that started as you having a good time can spread and become known and repeated world wide. Like the Numa Numa dance and Soulja Boy
- YouTube gives people the freedom to express themselves on camera and entertain people they have never, and probably will never, meet.
- Identity can be questioned throughout the web, as shown with LonelyGirl15. Anyone can pretend to be someone else and people take offense to that.

The keypoints that I have learnt from this video is how many other different aspects of the world have already followed the same path as video editing/making, making it easier for people to create and communicate with each other. For example, decades ago if you wanted to make music you had to have a studio in order to record in, but nowadays you can do it in your own room with the right software and distribute it freely and easily over the internet. Same goes with videos.

What are the keypoints you have learnt from this video?
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-That anyone can upload videos of whatever they want, leading to phenomenons such as Numa Numa

-Youtube is just a part of the mediascape: Facebook, myspace, google etc, of which we are at the center

-Media mediates human relationships

-10,000 videos are addresed to youtubers each day

-aesthetic arrest

-We are all producers

In my opinion, the keypoints of this video was
- how rapid the growth of youtube is and therefore the power that it holds on the world: so powerful that a wannabe rapper became famous popstar by posting a video on youtube.
- that it creates a whole new way for people to ‘be heard’

Firstly, the lack of identity:
the fact that when one is not confronted with a physical situation, people can become scalding and offensive, more so than they would be in the physical presence of others. Also how one can be easily misled by someone on youtube, without the physical connection, and a human’s innate ability to generally notice when they are being lied to, putting a large distance between and computers between two people can open them up to being decieved.

Secondly, the fact that youtube serves as a community, offering support and encouragement to others. a place where people can be free to express themselves, in whatever way they see fit.

Thirdly, how youtube is offering the inverse of what many people are seeking, Individualism, when a person is seeking community etc.

Fourthly, children are being brought up in a world of laws that cannot be enforced effectively, by making dvd and music ripping etc. we a essentially teaching them to live against the law and, at a stretch, giving the impression that being unlawful is alright.

Finally, the fact that humans are looking for community, and youtube offers this makes it very appealing to the masses.