I believe that my best blog posts were about open writing and criticism. I feel that they were my best simply because I felt passionate about my opinion and I guess my emotion or mood was my drive. I was a bit angry as I wrote those blogs because I had a target. They were both about awful and rude critics or people who make unnecessary comments about a subject matter. What I learn from these two blog posts is that having a strong drive on a topic can help in writing a meaningful statement. I mean you would not make a good argument if you argue over a topic that does not interest you or something you are not even passionate about. I also learn that if you have a problem with someone's statement, something that you do not agree with, you should respond to them in a courteous manner. If you show respect as you are telling the writer what you do not agree with then chances are you will be able to defend your reasoning better or learn something from it. Because if you end up angry and start becoming rude then things will escalate to unnecessary comments, like name calling and you may end up looking really stupid. So what I learn was to write with passion but make should all of your words come out of respect and nothing rude.
A blog post of mine that I did not think was so great was my preliminary essay post. If was a bit difficult since that post was basically my outline of my research paper. Well the main difficulty was finding information on my topic. During one of our class sessions, I realized that I had picked a pretty hard topic, which was on science and creationism. But I managed to learn a lot on each side. Plus I had to ask for an extension for this paper. The main reason that I do not like this post is probably because it brings back memories of me being stressed out over the research paper. Ironically, I did pretty well on the paper, so overall, I just do not like the stress! I have learn from my teacher that I should prioritize my work better by doing the most important work first then on to the lesser important work.
I can honestly say that my relationship with writing publicly has changed, I feel that it is relieving to write out your opinion. And I am not a big fan of writing either. But with these blog posts, it is as if everyone has a voice and a chance to share their view points. These blogs have made it more comfortable for me write out in the open for people to see. Mainly because I came to a realization that, in online public writing, everyone has the equality to write whatever and should not be mistreated in anyway. Overall, I did enjoy writing some of these blogs because they were mostly opinionated, and I am glad to be able to write about how I feel about a topic rather than analyzing someone else's opinion. Well even though I enjoyed writing some of them, I am more glad that they are done with! Merry Christmas!
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Annotated Bibliography
I have chosen to respond to Amira Said's "Fame through YouTube" for my essay topic.
Slutsky, Irina. "MEET YOUTUBE'S MOST IN-DEMAND BRAND STARS." Advertising Age 81.32 (2010): 8. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 7 Dec. 2010.
I believe that this source will help me in explaining that there is more to YouTube than ordinary people getting famous. Yes Ordinary people may get famous but others who get famous may be trying to make a living out of it. There are some YouTube stars who only make videos and have no other jobs. And so they must work even harder and how they get paid depends on their audience. This article goes in depth of how popular stars on YouTube are endorsed and how major corporations market their product(s) by working with these stars. What corporations may do is have the YouTube star in their advertisements, and how the corporations pick their star depends on how popular the star is with the audience (like the number of views per YouTube video).
Bounchareune, Julie. "Wong Fu Raises Awareness of Asian-American Stereotypes." Collegian (2010): 1-6. Web. 7 Dec 2010. <http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2010/05/10/wong-fu-raises-awareness-of-asian-american-stereotypes/>.
Another point that I would like to make is that YouTube has the power to change the perspective of people. Take diversity and stereotypes for example, this article will help me clarify about how a race can change their stereotypes. This article is about three Asian-Americans who have become popular and role models through making short videos or movies. They are known as Wong Fu Productions. They have broken many barriers in their community and throughout the world by overcoming stereotypes. They have stated that throughout the media, Asians-Americans are often portrayed as martial artists, math geniuses or imported car racers. In their videos, they star Asian-Americans with a different persona or part other than what was was stated above. It's to show that Asian-Americans can be more than what the public stereotypes them to be. This shows that YouTube can be a stepping stone to ending stereotypes.
Wade, Rochard. "The Benefits Of Using YouTube." Ubscure Article Directory 1-4. Web. 7 Dec 2010. <http://www.ubscure.com/Art/147037/10/The-Benefits-Of-Using-YouTube.html>.
Another argument that I would like to make is over how Ms. Said wrote that becoming a celebrity was much more difficult back then. I agree but there is a higher chance of discrimination from talent agencies or other corporations. They would automatically guess that the public would only want a White or African American to represent their products, and no other race should be celebrities. And who are they to say what the public wants and what they don't want, and that's why YouTube is great. It has the ability to give everyone a chance of stardom, it does not discriminate nor see what race is, just people. I mean even animals can become famous (I am talking about the many views that cats get, for some reason, probably because they so cute!) And not only people in America, but YouTube can expand to other countries, it can save agencies in looking for something that the audience wants. That's how it should be, the audience knows what they want, they do not need agencies or corporations for that!
Slutsky, Irina. "MEET YOUTUBE'S MOST IN-DEMAND BRAND STARS." Advertising Age 81.32 (2010): 8. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 7 Dec. 2010.
I believe that this source will help me in explaining that there is more to YouTube than ordinary people getting famous. Yes Ordinary people may get famous but others who get famous may be trying to make a living out of it. There are some YouTube stars who only make videos and have no other jobs. And so they must work even harder and how they get paid depends on their audience. This article goes in depth of how popular stars on YouTube are endorsed and how major corporations market their product(s) by working with these stars. What corporations may do is have the YouTube star in their advertisements, and how the corporations pick their star depends on how popular the star is with the audience (like the number of views per YouTube video).
Bounchareune, Julie. "Wong Fu Raises Awareness of Asian-American Stereotypes." Collegian (2010): 1-6. Web. 7 Dec 2010. <http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2010/05/10/wong-fu-raises-awareness-of-asian-american-stereotypes/>.
Another point that I would like to make is that YouTube has the power to change the perspective of people. Take diversity and stereotypes for example, this article will help me clarify about how a race can change their stereotypes. This article is about three Asian-Americans who have become popular and role models through making short videos or movies. They are known as Wong Fu Productions. They have broken many barriers in their community and throughout the world by overcoming stereotypes. They have stated that throughout the media, Asians-Americans are often portrayed as martial artists, math geniuses or imported car racers. In their videos, they star Asian-Americans with a different persona or part other than what was was stated above. It's to show that Asian-Americans can be more than what the public stereotypes them to be. This shows that YouTube can be a stepping stone to ending stereotypes.
Wade, Rochard. "The Benefits Of Using YouTube." Ubscure Article Directory 1-4. Web. 7 Dec 2010. <http://www.ubscure.com/Art/147037/10/The-Benefits-Of-Using-YouTube.html>.
Another argument that I would like to make is over how Ms. Said wrote that becoming a celebrity was much more difficult back then. I agree but there is a higher chance of discrimination from talent agencies or other corporations. They would automatically guess that the public would only want a White or African American to represent their products, and no other race should be celebrities. And who are they to say what the public wants and what they don't want, and that's why YouTube is great. It has the ability to give everyone a chance of stardom, it does not discriminate nor see what race is, just people. I mean even animals can become famous (I am talking about the many views that cats get, for some reason, probably because they so cute!) And not only people in America, but YouTube can expand to other countries, it can save agencies in looking for something that the audience wants. That's how it should be, the audience knows what they want, they do not need agencies or corporations for that!
Monday, December 6, 2010
Response Essay Blog
My response essay topic will be on Amira Said's preliminary essay: "Fame through YouTube". Ms. Said's primary argument in her essay is that it is easy for any ordinary person to be come famous, through posting homemade videos on YouTube, and that YouTube devalues fame, by making it accessible to just anyone. I, however, feel that it is difficult to become famous on YouTube. Even though it may be easier to share your videos, you still have to have something in your video that catches the audiences' attention. But before I go further, I would like to add that ordinary people have already become famous even without YouTube. Take William Hung for an example. He was just a contestant on the television program, American Idol. Anyone can have auditioned for American Idol, but it was up to the judges to see who would get to move up. Well Mr. Hung came up and sang, one of the judges was not pleased and did not allow him to move up. His singing was not the best, probably one of the worst. But he managed to catch people's attention, because his bad singing ended up being comical and funny to listen to. William Hung is now successful off of his bad singing, and before all this fame, he was just an ordinary engineer who sings bad. But now he's an engineer that sings bad that entertains people. And that's what fame is mainly about, the ability to entertain or gain people's interest. It is no good to use YouTube if you do not have the power to grasp the people's interest.
You do not necessarily need talent to be famous. What you really need is attention, if you get a lot of attention (say several million views on YouTube) then other corporations might what to market you and so they help you get your name out by selling products about you. So what I'm trying to say is that public attention outsells talent. But then again, who are we to say that people are talentless. Those who entertain people on YouTube may have a talent to entertaining people, by either means of being funny, or someone who can connect well with the public.
Another comment I would like to discuss is that even if you do get a lot of attention, chances are that it could just be a one time thing. Like Ms. Said's example with the little girl, Cody, who cried for her favorite star Justin Bieber. Yes, she may have gotten a bit famous and a chance to meet her favorite celebrity, but what happens if she cries for another celebrity that she is dying to meet. The probability of her succeeding a second time can be very low. Her audiences will just get bored, or even worst, bash on her for trying the same thing. Most YouTube celebrity may even work harder than non-famous YouTube stars. Those who become famous on YouTube usually depend on it for income and so they make videos regularly, and that takes a lot of creativity. So YouTube stars make videos weekly and have to come up with ideas to keep their audiences. What I'm trying to say at the end of all this is that creativity is definitely a talent!
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