Bedroom Broadcasting

•March 27, 2009 • 1 Comment

Many YouTube bloggers/videoographers often perform and record their material in their own bedroom/house. My friend Laura tells me it’s usually the only place that she can record her films because even though she is broadcasted throughout the world, she feels most comfortable taping in the security of her own home. She says that when you tape in public, you often have people in the background spoiling your videos or teasing you because you are taping in public. So, in order to exceute the video the way that she wants, she makes it in a controlled environment; thus, the privacy of her own home. By doing this she also invites the whole online community into her own world.

~Leon

Getting Paid and Sponsored

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Those whom are popular on YouTube get paid by YouTube to continue making videos.

Matt is famous for his “Where the hell is Matt?” videos, especially his 2008 version which was sponsored by Stride Gum, and has accomplished to date 19,731,634 views, and 72, 454 ratings over the span of just 9 months!

Other video bloggers such as mememolly and Paperlilies also get paid by YouTube for a large amount of subscribers and viewership, YouTube offers them incentive to continue making videos. Knowing that they have a loyal fan base, YouTube does this as a strategy to maintain viewship in the company.

~Leon

Comedians making it into the spotlight

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YouTube has the ability for you to make a name for youself.

Comedian Jon LaJoie is most well know for his “Everyday Normal Guy” self-produced music video. And has quickly escalated to #1 most subscibed of all time in Canada, along with 16 other YouTube awards. Becoming an internet sensation has gained him recogition that has granted him tours for stand up comedy acts throughout Canada and the United States.

~Leon

Throughout the Years

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Through the 1950s, white supremacy was the majority.

birthcontrolIn the 1960s, a cultural revolution occurred, and the revolution smashed the consensus. Sex, drugs, rock n’ roll, and most significantly, birth control was made available, giving the youth the freedom to be sexually active without much consequence.

From the 1960s to the 1970s minority groups, such as blacks, gays, women, were beginning to emerge and began displacing the white male population.

In the 1980s there was the neoliberalism of the economy and deregulation of everypart of the economy. In order to regulate, the government implemented democracy. Also in this time market rules emerged creating free hand of the market that was not regulated, or influenced by the government.

From 2000 to 2008, this time was known to be imperial presidency, or also known as “the Bush Presidency”. This is when democrazy was manipulated, and a time when conservative athority was back in control.

~Leon

Rock n’ Roll

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Rock n’ Roll didn’t come out of 1 thing, but a number of things. Rock formation- all the influences that made up rock. Formation is not owned by one group, but by many. sex-drugs-and-rock-n-roll

The rock group became politically active; however it was not the music itself that was influncing the individual’s choice in vote.

Rock was defined and represented as rebellious, sexuality, sensuality, pleasure at a time when things were conservative. Rock brought out women in a whole different kind of light. For the first time, women masturbating was more common and again, in a time that was very conservative. At this time, the conservative mind saw it to be whorish because the woman was only suppose to receive pleasure from the men; men were allowed to masturbate, but women weren’t until rock came out. Rock celebrated the body.

~Leon

Canada vs. America

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As most know, there are many similairities between the Canadians and Americans. And although we may look the same, we have very different values.

canadian-and-american-flagsAlthough Canadians are one of the largest consumers of American entertainment, we have different views and ethics and morals. Americans often define success in terms of material items, money and status.

In terms of economy, Canadians are far more conservative than Americans. Americans have numerous banks, spend more,  and are more productive. Americans have a larger population, longer working hours, less vacations, they spend a vast amount of money on advertising, and invest more. They also have a large amount of credit at the moment.

~Leon

Politics and Online Culture

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Less and less money is being investment into political actvity these days. Why? Because there is less and less participation, voting rates are going down. The younger adult population are becoming increasingly disinterested in politics; and for many of them, don’t care who runs the country.

Candidates have attempted on conquering the younger vote by reaching out to them through online culture. As the saying goes, “If you can’t beat them, then join them”. Stephen Harper, along with Jack Layton, Elizabeth May, and others, have created thier own facebook page, groups and events to intereact with the online youth culture in hopes to influence the current voting population, and also to expose themselves to the even youger teenage crowd for future voters.

~Leon

Pop Culture is inescapable

•March 27, 2009 • 1 Comment

It happens with teenagers of many other time periods as well. If there is a certain trend going on, teenagers are bound to get sucked in, even if they try to resist. Clothing trends, technology trneds, entertaiment and media will attract the youth because they are often the group that often is willing enough to spend the money to try adopt a new “cool” thing.

Today, most of the youth culture is deeply engaged in the popular culture of owning and using cellular phones, computers, internet, and the common clothing and hair styles. Even online, most are consumed in the growing “social networks” such as MySpace, FaceBook, or YouTube, and online gaming.

~Leon

Becoming Famous

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Some YouTube bloggers attract and gain so much viewership and popularity through the online culture. For example Sean and Ryan, who have won about 15 awards on YouTube, including #2 in most subscibed of all time!

They have been recognized throughout the world and through this fame, has fascinated the media, so much that they have offered Sean and Ryan a spot in a movie production.

~Leon

Humour in Amateur Videos

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There are those video bloggers on YouTube who attract vast amounts of subscibers. How? They are funny and people love that!

Those people like CommunityChannel, HappySlip, and SxePhil (just to name a few) attract so much attention because people want to have a good laugh or chuckle.

SxePhil is a bit different from CommunityChannel and HappySlip, as does weekly rants about the news. Whereas both CommunityChannel and HappySlip make humourous videos about certain phenomenons that they find funny, and perform it in a way that others would find funny too.

They are just a few examples of individuals who have found fame and recognition through performing and producing online.

~Leon