MYSPACE.

It is weird to think how MySpace use to be the talk of everything, it was never and will never be as big as facebook, but as we all check our facebook's at least once a day that is just how MySpace use to be. MySpace use to be a way for me to show my individually through what layout I had and a few pictures of my self, plus of course my top 8 best friends. MySpace is now trying to keep up with facebook but isn’t doing a good job of it. MySpace is now taking their one thing they had over facebook and that's music. Music could be played on anyone's MySpace and it could be anyone. The person did not have to be famous to have his or her music on MySpace, which relates back to YouTube in a sense that anyone can do it. 

Social networking has its positive things and of course with every good thing has its negatives. The positive things are that it gives everyone a chance to express their opinion and feelings about life. On Facebook,MySpace and twitter you can express how you feel within seconds and the world would know. On the other hand, their are things that do not need to be out in public. I do believe the Internet is the fingerprint of the 21st century because it is the new way of doing everything. According to the article fingerprinting of the 21st century it gives examples of ways the cops are using it to solve crimes and jobs are using it to look at future new workers. The negative side of this that anyone can see what is posted on these social networking websites including people that you don't want to see. 

Bullying is something that has been going on for years and will continue to go on, but I do people social networking is making this issue a million times worst. The bullying that use to only take place in teenagers is now taking place in every age range of people. It is so easy to bully someone on the Internet because you can have a fake identify and also don’t have to say these things in person. Now a day, everyone has a camera on their phone and it is extremely easy to take a picture of someone doing something then posts it on their social networking site for all of their friends to see. In the news a few years ago, someone posted a video of his or her roommate having sex with a guy. This roommate did not ask permission of the other roommate if this material was okay to be on the internet and the within a few days of his friends and family seeing the video, he committed suicide because he would not live with the fact that world knew he was gay. These types of stories happen all the time, when bullying gets out of control. The good thing is there are people checking our facebook all the time to make sure inappropriate things are not on them, but it is a scary thought to realize how much our lives are revolving around social networking.

OPNIONTUBE.

OPNIONTUBE.

            The first time I ever heard about YouTube was when I was on vacation with my friend and her family. Her older brother and his friend would literally sit there for hours and watch you tube, they never were not laughing. When they were not watching you tube they would be mocking things they saw on you tube, it was actually really annoying but I did want to see what this was all about. The next night they hooked the computer up to the TV so everyone could watch. We watched people just doing dumb stuff and sometimes getting hurt, we would watch people sing and dance. We watched everything. This was 4 years ago, and till this day I still see people mocking YouTube and watching it. I believe it’s almost as addicting as face book. People talk about it, people make it part of their everyday life. I believe YouTube is a place for people to express themselves or to be something else. It is a place to take your mind off of everything going around you; it’s a place to share your story. It’s a place to listen to music, and to laugh at people. It’s a place were people can become famous without being rich or having connections.  In the video “Reasons Why We Tube” I like the part where someone shows a video of someone missing in his or her family. YouTube is a way to express yourself around the world.  Some things can be extremely important and other things can be totally pointless, either way it is shared with everyone. I think that some people can show too much into their personal life, but then again we don’t know what real and what’s not and that’s half the fun.  Another interesting thing I read in one of the articles is how when mtv showed the movie “video killed the radio star” which slowly became true, now I feel like YouTube is slowing killed paid video. Since everything that is uploaded is free to watch.  I don’t really watch You Tube videos unless someone leaves one on my facebook wall then I watch them. I use YouTube more for music than anything else. Which I feel like is illegal but since its on YouTube I guess that’s okay.  Overall, I think YouTube is a great idea. Its something that I feel like would have sounded crazy just 10 years ago, but now it’s a way of life. Some people take YouTube over board but for the most part it is just there for people to enjoy themselves and express themselves. In class one student said its like America’s funniest home videos all day long. I couldn’t not agree with that statement.  The videos that I picked are people expressing their love for Alabama. These videos show that people of all ages can express their love for The University of Alabama in many different ways. Just by yelling roll tide, singing and even tattoos, YouTube can let people express anything in every way possible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0zOGdjxi7Q- this link isnt worling for some reason, so just type in i need a little roll tide and its a guy singing a song on his guitar. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-lWkcVV3-8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7KdbvJUOL4&feature=fvw