Born only a few years ago, YouTube has invigorated an American (and worldwide, for that matter) fanaticism for online video viewing. YouTube houses a wide variety of video content from movie clips and TV shows to video-blogging and original films. Essentially, YouTube is the procrastinator’s dream. Endless video posts provide hours of entertainment for the internet savvy.
With the onset of this YouTube generation, a new cultural phenomenon is sweeping the world wide web. New celebrities are born everyday. From the woman who can jive with the lyrics on her fingers to Kanye West’s Stronger to the notoriously stupid Ms. America pageant queen, YouTube has created thousands of newly popular individuals.
With the 2008 Presidential election drawing closer, many political candidates have been using YouTube as an outlet for political campaigns. Many presidential candidates have created videos presenting their beliefs and statements on certain issues. Because of this, YouTube has allowed for an increased accessibility of candidate’s views for voters. Just this year, CNN sponsored a YouTube presidential debate where candidates fielded questions that were sent from YouTube users around the country. Thus, these candidates were answering questions directly from the voter population, and participated in a more informal (and often funny) paneling of questions.
Without a doubt, YouTube’s lure has grabbed my attention. In fact, as random as they may be, my last five searches included the following: grey’s anatomy, soulja boy, spam, RBD, and bushisms. You are bound to find something either hilarious or quirky, whatever the appeal may be. YouTube it for yourself (yes, this cultural phenomenon has officially become a verb). YouTube has successfully opened a new realm of public artistry, setting the tone for more ‘techy’ forms of free speech for the future. This quirky site has officially hit the main stream.
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