More than 1 billion people visit YouTube on a monthly basis (Reuters). To put that in perspective, The United States only a population of 317.6 million, while the highest, China, has a population of 1.355 billion (""). Youtube has become so renowned, it has gone from a noun to a verb. Want to watch someone getting trying to do stunts but failing? YouTube it. Want to see a monkey fling it's poo at someone? Well maybe not, but yes it's probably on YouTube. Or want to learn how to do a useful task, say like how to fix a car's radiator or learn a new language? Yes, one can YouTube such videos. Now imagine, if there is more than 1 billion monthly viewers online on YouTube, if one person gets even 1%, that is 10 million potential viewers. It's no wonder that YouTube is seen as a potential career path or of those seeking stardom, where millions of people try to reach either of those by uploading videos. But what exactly does someone need to know before walking down the path of a Youtube career? There are many challenges included in this line of work that one needs to know about before pursuing this type of job, from learning how to direct content to a group of people, the amount of work that goes into making videos and gaining viewers to the pitfalls that come from it.
To illustrate, YouTube is often described as a Social website where millions of people go to upload videos that anyone can click on and watch. How it works is that a person, as long as they have a camera, can upload something up and hopefully people will view the video, which leads to Google, who owns YouTube, to pay the content provider depending on how many views each video gets. Some people like to post videos to share with friends or with anyone who is willing to ...
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Those videos can even be shared on other forms of social media like Facebook and Twitter. According to The Telegraph’s article How YouTube changed the world, they state that “The online video behemoth has become the world’s third most-visited website, after Google and Facebook” (How YouTube changed the world). This website has thousands of videos that anyone with access to the it and internet can view. In the same article, they explain that Youtube has been the birthplace of some celebrities in the music, fashion, and video game scenes. (How YouTube changed the world). Because of how easy it is for a person to watch these videos and share them from all across the world, American culture, and other cultures can be spread to each other. It is almost like the United States in a website, where a wide variety of people share their different beliefs, and can influence, or inform others of what they have to show, or
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Once you completed every step, you can search for your video on YouTube’s website and watch your video on the site. Tell all your friends, family, co-workers and strangers and be amazed as you watch your views pile up tremendously. Some viewers may also back comments and subscribe to your YouTube channel, depending whether they like your video. If your video becomes very popular, you may become an internet celebrity and even get paid money just for entertaining the world with your wonderful, creative masterpiece.
Social media as defined by dictionary.com is “websites and other online means of communication that are used by large groups of people to share information and to develop social and professional contacts”. People use social media for networking, education, and entertainment. Some of today’s popular social media sites include Facebook, twitter, pinterest, instagram, vine, YouTube, and LinkedIn. Facebook is used as a basic social media site. People can share pictures, videos, and “status updates” to let people know how they are doing or exciting things going on in that person’s life. Twitter can is similar to Facebook, but updates are limited to one hundred – forty characters. YouTube is a site specifically made to share videos, which is its only function. Vine is used to share 6 second video clips, instagram is a picture sharing website, that just recently allowed sixteen second videos to be shared. LinkedIn is used for employers to find prospective employees and vice versa.
Public opinion is often emotional rather than rational, so it is extremely easy to be incited and would possibly cause cyber bullying, which means to attack one person or a small group of persons by using offensive language. The damage caused by cyber bullying to a person is not virtual but real. An article from PR Newswire called “Cyber Hunting and Cyber Bullying” tells a st...