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My Internet Footprint

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While most teenagers and even some younger groups are slowly entering the world of social media, I am not really that big into it. True, I do find the concept and how it is utilized fascinating, but at the same time, I can see all the problems it has on both a personal and social level. More people are seeing how toxic and unsatisfying it can be but use it due to addiction. But the constant stream of communication and information spread is also a great thing.   Personally, I use a few writing sites, YouTube, Deviantart, and LinkedIn as my main source. My preferred writing site would be Archive of Our Own which allows me to post my written work. Although I have gained a nice sized following there over the past 3 years I have spent on the site. It has been fun and it is through that audience that I was able to grow into other endeavors.   Deviantart is more used for artwork of those stories of which, it is typically just scenes or character artwork. And YouTube is just meant to share my
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EOTO Echo Chambers

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While the concept of an Echo Chamber has existed for some time, it has only grown to prominence due to the rise of the internet and social media platforms over the last decade. To those who do not know what an Echo Chamber is, Oxford Dictionary defines it as “a metaphorical description of a situation in which beliefs are amplified or reinforced by communication and repetition inside a closed system and insulates them from rebuttal”. In other words, the chamber is a close-knit group of people all saying the same opinions to better further their own beliefs in those opinions.   A chart visualizing the Echo Chamber As humans, we enjoy the sense of rightness as it provides a sense of superiority. Since humans find it hard to admit when they were wrong, they build up these chambers of communication and information transfer in order to make sure they feel like they are always correct. While these groups could be a great thing to have when developing friendships with others inside a social ci
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YouTube and Self-Fulfillment of Creators

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As previously stated in the last two blog posts about YouTube, the site has shown to be a video sharing powerhouse, generating so much content so quickly it is almost impossible to keep up with everything all at once. Furthermore, YouTube’s own name and branding make it known it is a site for anyone to upload anything. There, numerous creators have been able to locate an impassioned goal for themselves on the platform with video filming, editing, and producing. As such, given the 8 values of Free Expression, I would wager that YouTube highlights the benefits of individual self-fulfillment and advancement.   With YouTube, anyone can produce any type of content they so desire and gain a following. Through this, we find skilled editors and voice actors re-dub movies and TV shows to make them more comedic, others can make historical dramas and documentaries, upcoming musicians can make their own music and release it without consequence.   By doing so, we can easily see people coming into t
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Statues Being Torn Down and Why It is Wrong

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Throughout most of the 21st Century, statues within the United States have been defaced, torn down and destroyed as more social unrest continues to plague the nation. While some of these statues have been relocated, I see no reason for the destruction of history. Yes, we have statues of Confederate leaders who morally were never the best of people, but that will never deny the fact that racism was a lot more prevalent back in the early creation of the county.   Furthermore, it seems now any statue is a target. The Lincoln Memorial has now been defaced, along with statues of abolishists, both figures were completely for the removal of slavery and for equal rights of African Americans. I fail to see how destroying those momentums help convey the message that racism is evil. To me, it eliminates any chance one has when it comes to learning from your history.   While many can claim that history is a boring subject and has little relevance to us in the modern-day, as time goes on, we contin
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Diffusion of Technology

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Looking back on my EOTO technology of YouTube, it can be pretty easy to see how the video-sharing platform took off like it did. It was a free video-sharing website that converted uploaded videos into flash videos which allowed anyone and everyone to view the video no matter the device or media player they were using. This in turn allows more people to create videos and share it around and allow others to look upon the craft as well.   Youtube's Main Logo as of 2017 In doing so, we can see how people latched on rather quickly. Being able to produce content that you made with little to no intervention and restriction is an absolute game-changer. So, the more people began to upload videos, the more others wanted to jump in and join the fun.   As for the late adaptors, I see many of them being corporations \, even YouTube’s own team. The reason for this is a major reason we see studios not take streaming sites seriously either.   Many in the corporate world never saw YouTube as a viab
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EOTO-YouTube

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YouTube's Logo YouTube was founded in 2005 by former PayPal employees Chad Hurly, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim. Since launching, the website has become the largest video sharing website on the planet with more than 400 hours of content upload every second. In doing so, the site has made it a path for creative minds to share thoughts, daily lives, critiques and so much more to a wide variety of consumers that otherwise would have never reached such highs. But how did this exactly happen? According to many different stories from the creators, YouTube was inspired off of either dating sites, such as Hot or Not or the Janet Jackson 2004 Super Bowl show where her accidental exposure spread like wildfire across the internet.   Chad Hurly, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim: YouTube's founders.  Due to the coding of YouTube, anyone with any type of video player could watch content from the site. Thus, the website shot up in popularity, gaining 14 million uploaded videos in less than a year. Ba
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The Need for Anti-War

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As the Twenty-First century moves forward, advances in technology, most notable communication, have seemed to incentivize violence. An unfortunate bleak point in an otherwise really noble and sound concept of social media. But why is this? Anti-War sentiment in the US has been a thing ever since Vietnam in the 1960s and 70s, yet in order to find it in today’s media-frenzied world, you need to dig deep. Why? It is my interoperation that with the surges of conspiracy theories, anger over systems in place around the US, and the influx of violence and incitement from both civilians who are against these systems and local leaders who support these systems. As a result, I believe the masses are subject to persuasion and therefore, with mob mentality, it could perhaps lead to more violence. As propaganda pieces come out against Muslims due to the September 11 attacks, the movement to ease most history from the Civil War, strife within and against political parties and members, it appears as t
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