For this blog I will first talk about the article I read called "Is Google making us stupid?". This article states its view on how they believe that the net is becoming a universal medium. I think this is very true because people rely on the web and computer all day every day now. There are many positives and negatives having the web. The positives being the advantages of having immediate access to information you need right at your finger tips. You can use the web to find out any information you need. It is very easy access also. And like the article says, the web shapes the process of thought. It brings new information into your mind allowing you to expand your horizon of thought and knowledge. For the negatives though it can go the opposite way. It can allow you not to form your own thoughts because if you rely on the information coming form the internet you will automatically use the information you find for your thoughts instead of figuring out the information yourself. Also in my opinion people have less of an ambition to accomplish finding out new and exciting information because most of the information that they need is most likely on the internet whereas way back in the day new information had many founders. Another negative about the web is that who are we to know whether the information being given to us is true or false? It can be a reliable internet web company but it is very hard to trust people these days. All in all, the web is both good and bad.
For the youtube portion of this blog, I really think it is crazy how people do such stupid things on there and because so many people view it they then become famous. They didn't even have to try to get where they are in their famous standing where many famous actors have worked their butts off to be where they are today. I just think it is somewhat wrong. Do not get me wrong though, I love youtube. It's just I believe youtube videos should stay only on the web and the people should stay with them, not make movies about them like they did with the "Fred" videos. I do understand though that it truly is a money making business.
Very good post, Kelsey. You picked up on both the advantages and disadvantages of the net in Carr's article.
ReplyDeleteYouTube has made some people's careers. You write:
>>They didn't even have to try to get where they are in their famous standing where many famous actors have worked their butts off to be where they are today.<<
Some have - but a lot of them are in the right place at the right time. Unfortunately, there isn't always a correlation between effort and reward (though it can ONLY help you to put in the effort).