Media Cultures

The reason why YouTube is one of the social media platform of my choice for this essay research is because YouTube has been part of me for a long time. I treat YouTube videos as tv programmes. It has been 6 years since I started watching YouTube videos almost every single day. Therefore, it is everything to me. Being interested in YouTube and curious about the other side of  it will definitely give me a boost in learning more about this social media platform through this essay. Without further a do, I'll start my informative blog post about YouTube :- According to YouTube website, Youtube is a platform where billions of people discover, watch and share originally-created videos. It was launched in May 2005 but was bought by Google in 2006. YouTube's slogan, ' Broadcast Yourself ' implies that literally anyone is able to create and publish videos at their own risk. (TechTerms, n.d.) " This shift the idea of the website as a personal storage facility for vi...

So basically, in this short blog post, I am going to show you my plan on how I am going to construct my blog. Before writing my essay about comparing and contrasting about 2 different communities or social groups, I feel it is important to have a vast knowledge about the communities that are involved in the social media platform that I am choosing, which is YouTube. Therefore, after this post, I will be expanding my knowledge on this social media platform and firstly research on the YouTube community being the main user of YouTube, it is important to include this community into my essay. After that, I am going to venture on other communities that are involve with YouTube. What came across my mind for the next community also uses YouTube is either business companies or YouTube viewers . Therefore, I'll be researching on both of these communities and hopefully will get to a conclusion on which community I should choose to be compared with in my essay. 

Before going in depth on my topic, it is very important to have a good understanding on the very main point of my topic which is  social media . All of us know what social media is but do we really know about it in depth ?  To start off, this is the definition of social media. According to WhatIs.Com , "Social media is the collective of online communications channels dedicated to community-based input, interaction, content-sharing and collaboration . " Social media can be categorised by it's functionality to consumers .  Below are a list of social media that have been categorised.  Social networking sites – Facebook, Google Plus, CafeMom, Gather, Fitsugar Micro-blogging sites – Twitter, Tumblr, Posterous Publishing tools – WordPress, Blogger, Squarespace Collaboration tools – Wikipedia, WikiTravel, WikiBooks Rating/Review sites – Amazon ratings, Angie’s List Photo sharing sites – Flikr, Instagram, Pinterest Video sharing sites – YouTube, ...

Topic 3  :  How did mobile devices change the way people use the internet? Consider its consumer impact and relate them to a specific creative industry/profession. Mobile devices can also be known for a portable version of the computer. Consumers are able to easily access to the internet just with the availability of mobile data or Wi-Fi. Furthermore, mobile devices has more than the ability to serve the web. For example, it has good camera function, GPS, calendar, etc.  The production of mobile devices led to the emergence of applications for social media on mobile devices. Applications on mobile devices drew the attention to many people and soon enough you can see many people using their mobile devices to access to the applications on their mobile device. Correspondingly, its efficiency are able to let people start-up their businesses online very easily. For example, through Instagram application, it is possible for anyone to post pictures for the consumers with an...

The assignment brief was shared to us online on our first day of class. As I was curious, I started looking up on all the topics. Topic 3 and 4 caught my eye as I have a few ideas on my mind. Choice of topics :  Investigate a major controversy that unfolded online. Discuss its relevance to creative professionals.  Cyberspace is vital for protecting and spreading democracy. Explore this question its effectiveness.  How did mobile devices change the way people use the internet? Consider its consumer impact and relate them to a specific creative industry/profession. Compare and contrast how two different communities or social groups use a specific social media platform. Which of the two groups has more to gain from it and why? Malaysians are so uncreative that they cannot even make 'dank' memes. Argue for or against the statement. Identify a figure who is generally known to have played a major role on the internet. Evaluate if his/her contributions are justified or ...