Youtube vs Eyetube

Although the blog today was supposed to analyze multiple essays, I personally found that the short essay by Strangelove was concise yet true on many levels. Strangelove notes that watching goofy and seemingly redundant videos on the famous website "youtube" is not a shameful, time-wasting act. As Strangelove states, we see ourselves in the videos we decide to watch. Our natural instinct in both finding humor and humility is to find something we can relate to. Whether we watch a kid get sedated at a dentist's office and wonder "was I like that?" or watch a heavy-set woman fall from a table and think "oh man, that is embarrassing." we notice either our own actions or those similar to them being displayed in front of our eyes. The ties to this easily accessed media are unbelievable. Such a simple concept, yet it can appeal to everyone. It doesn't matter if you are in the mood for a laugh, a political recap over a speech or even the highlight reel from a football game, Youtube has become a phenomenon amongst all internet trends. How it made it was mass appeal and how it continues is just as simple. Strangelove is dead on when he says we can relate to these videos and he is dead on when he states it is an act with no shame involved. It just goes to show how any media can flourish with the right connection to it's viewers and we have to right our papers in the same light. We as students need to appeal to our audience. We must convince them beyond shadow-of-a-doubt that they can relate with what we are saying. This is the lock and our pens are the keys. We just need to find the one that fits perfectly.

This is CJ Perkins, and I approve this publishing.