Posted by: alyssacatherine on: March 26, 2009
Cute video, right? … A little boy, singing happy birthday to Jackie … whoever she may be!
Now, I don’t know about you, but when I think of YouTube I think of music videos, embarrassing moments, hilarious videos to entertain the masses, and much much more .. but i think that we [...]
Posted by: alyssacatherine on: March 26, 2009
Look to your right. Okay. Now look to your left. Is somebody within reach on their BlackBerry? Those handy little hand held computer/cell-phones that seem to be sweeping the nation. Everyone has one. Even My grand-mother.
The BlackBerry was introduced in 1999 as a two-way pager, and in 2002, the smartphone that we all know and love [...]
Posted by: alyssacatherine on: March 26, 2009
Above, is an episode of the Philip DeFranco show – an amateur show that airs on YouTube as well as www.PhillyD.tv.
Philip DeFranco, the host/creator uses his broadcasting time to talk about current news stories, and really any issues that currently interest him.
The above clip is an episode that was broadcasted on [...]
Posted by: alyssacatherine on: March 25, 2009
Parody. Spoof. Lampoon.
A Parody is something created for the sole purpose of mocking, commenting on, or poking fun at an original work, its author or some other subject, by humorously, satirically, or ironically making fun of it.
The above video is a parody of Beyonce Knowles’ hit single “If I Were a [...]
Posted by: alyssacatherine on: March 25, 2009
Above is a video entitled “Scarlet Takes a Tumble”. There are many versions of it, and this one alone has already received 3,515,302 views.
My best guess is that Scarlet herself did not post this embarrassing video on the Internet for all to see. And now, there exist many copies of it, [...]
Posted by: alyssacatherine on: March 24, 2009
You’ve probably heard of the dog poop girl, it seems as though most people have.
I for one, did not know about dog poop girl until Dr. Strangelove mentioned her in class. I later discovered even more about dog poop girl during my reading of Daniel Solove’s The Future of Reputation, in which she helps him [...]
Posted by: alyssacatherine on: March 24, 2009
We’ve all heard of the names attributed to our generation. We are “Generation X”, or “Generation Y”. I never really understood these labels or their meanings, until I was introduced to our newest label – we are “Generation Google”. Of course we are!
In class, Dr. Strangelove introduced us to a book called The Future of Reputation [...]
Posted by: alyssacatherine on: March 24, 2009
Here is the video that I submitted for my midterm project in the class!
I decided to research self-disclosure on the Internet, specifically on YouTube, because it is obviously a growing phenomena, and because it interests me to know what reasons stand behind this new-found trend.
In today’s society, self-disclosure, which i define [...]
Posted by: alyssacatherine on: March 24, 2009
This video entitled “Amazing Hairstylist” is a Vlog, by a YouTube user under the name of fafinettex3.
Vlogging (video blogging) is obviously becoming an increasingly popular phenomena, especially with the growing fame of YouTube. People simply turn on their web-cams, and talk about whatever is on their mind - and people all over the Internet tune in [...]
Posted by: alyssacatherine on: March 23, 2009
It’s the weekend. How many people do you know that are out on actual bona fide dates? None? Not surprising.
Now, how many kids do you know who are out looking to “hook up”?
For previous generations, Friday night was date night, the night you went on a date – to dinner, to a movie, whatever mood [...]
