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!