It is interesting to see that we are more and more exposed to the public due to the advanced technology. The Web videos and cameras have caused a tremendous effect on the way people interact as well as creating innovations on the internet community. People are now able to talk on video chat, without even having to type out their conversations to talk online. Now days interviews are even held online when the interviewer and the interviewee are in different areas of the world. I was watching a TED clip with Chris Anderson and he covered the basic changes and the innovation the web video has brought to us. For example, people were learning new things such as dance through web video. Dancers who were web taught were recruited to dance at the Oscars.
He talks about the video driven evolution of skills how strangers post videos of their talent online in which they would not be able to express by words. Videos carry an enormous amount of message compared to texts and images. This is also how some people became celebrities as well, like Justin Bieber who was found by Usher online. Chris Anderson argues that video images are more powerful and conveying than text. I agree with him in which I would rather watch a 30minute clip than reading part of a thick textbook. It makes it a lot easier to understand for learners like myself, especially when something being explained is very complex.
Technology has changed our lives and circumstances enormously. Technology like the web video creates new innovations and lead to outstanding discoveries of how talented someone may be for example. Because we are at a time where we are able to view web videos in many of our portable phones or ipods, it interaction between individuals has been taken to another level.
Webcams can also be used for bad things as well. Don't forget about the recent scandal with the Lower Merion school district where the administrators were spying on the kids. Not that I don't think Bieber is talented, he is, but it has also lead to the careers of many who have no talent what so ever and really should not be famous. I think it is defintely a good thing, however, it really has done a number on the content that America now finds as entertaining. It has also taken away alot from our attention spans, we want a 30 second youtube clip, not to go to the movies.
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