Another class coming in a couple of minutes ... short on time ... so I'll just put up a couple of links ...
There's a "mash-up" -- a video that takes parts of earlier work together into something new -- that's kind of a negative campaign ad comparing Hillary Clinton to "Big Brother" in 1984. It's been on YouTube for a couple of weeks, and it got all over the traditional media this week -- after the Drudge report, kind of an unfiltered (and unprofessional) news blog, gave it a lot of publicity.
Another good story, in the BeyondChron.org website (put up by an alternative paper in San Francisco).
Read these stories, go to the Google news page, read some of the rest of the commentary ... there's a good one (IMHO) on the MTV news website ... and post as a comment to this blog post your answers to these questions:
1. How does gatekeeper theory shed light on this story? Who are the gatekeepers here? Who's doing an end run around them? How? Is it a good thing or a bad thing?
2. How important is this? Is it going to change politics forever, as some writers seem to think? Or is anybody going to even remember it two weeks from now?
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- I'm a retired English, journalism and cultural studies teacher at Springfield College in Illinois (acquired by Benedictine University and subsequently closed). I coordinate jam sessions for the "Clayville Pioneer Academy of Music" at Clayville Historic Site and the Prairieland Strings dulcimer club, and I sing in the choir and the contemporary praise team at Peace Lutheran Church in Springfield. On Hogfiddle I post links and video clips for our sessions and workshops on the mountain dulcimer (a.k.a. "hog fiddle"), as well as research notes on folklore and cultural studies, hymnody and traditional Anglo-Celtic and Scandinavian music. I also posted assignments and readings in my interdisciplinary humanities classes. The Mackerel Wrapper (now on hiatus), carried assignments and readings for my mass comm. students. I started teaching b/log when I chaired SCI-Benedictine's assessment committee, and reopened it as the privatization of public schools grew increasingly troubling and closer to home.
13 comments:
1. I think that there are no real gatekeepers on YouTube since anyone can put any video on there. Except for PORN i think. I think this is a good thing because the government or media companies cannot control what videos are put on YouTube and which ones people watch.
2. I think that this is important because it is allowing the citizens a freedom of press and it allows us to find out the whole truth instead of just a "need-to-know" thing. I think that this can go either way on changing politics. If they keep bringing it up and discussing it then yes I think it will change politics, but if the media lets it go, then no I do not think it will affect politics.
I think that people can be gatekeepers on you tube. Although you tube is a site that anybody can post their videos on, the people who are posting the videos choose what they want the viewers to see. I think that this is a bad thing because people can post videos of footages that the government may not want to be released.
I feel there are no real gatekeepers for this parttcular website. How can there be if videos such as Hilary's and obamba's commercials were posted. if just anyone can post videos on Youtube, who is there to edit what they post. Although im glad there are such websites as YouTube because you can find out information that has not been released, such as information that the gatekeepers are holding back on. The only problem I have with this, its like a tabloid magazine you dont know what statements are true or false.
I believe that this is an important issue. People should not be allowed to show videos. I think that there is a chance that it will mess up the election if people keep on posting videos about candidates.
1. I agree that there are no real gatekeepers. Like nathan said pretty much the only gatekeepers there are is for porn. Youtube lets anyone upload videos that they think the media or really the world since it is an internet site they post on the internet for them to see. This could be a bad thing and a good thing to allow people to post whatever they want. It may release something to the world that needs to be seen. Then something secret like government stuff that can't be released gets on there then they are screwed bc it is open to the viewer. So youtube is both I think good and bad.
The Gate keeper theory sheds light on this story because their is no gatekeepers on the internet. Their are people from the Govt. trying to stop certain things from going on, but the internet is so vast that they cannot control nearly 75% of what is going on. So the only gate keepers are the story writers themselves. This is a bad and a good thing in the sense that now all news can get out to the public without someone trying to withhold information, but it is bad in the sense that now any fool can post what they think and make it seem to be the truth to influence others.
Yes I believe this will change politics forever because now political activists can share their view in a worldy way and get everyone to see and hear what they think or what they know about a candidate. Yes, I believe people do remember things like this when they are getting ready to vote a certain cartoon, saying, information, etc will pop up in their minds and then they will choose the other candidate without even knowing if that person is worse then the other.
1. Nobody is being a gatekeeper, per say, considering the fact that no actualy information was "leaked out". Simply an opinion was stated, the opinion of a person trying to end-run around the gatekeepers. They did this by anonymously (Did I spell that right?!) posting a web video comparing Hillary Clinton to 1984's "Big Brother". This comparison, though not providing any new information, connects with audiences and is possibly able to persuade people's views between Hillary and Barrack. It's a good thing, I believe, because it allows people to use the tools available to be expressive and use their freedom of speech.
2. This is important because no other election has had such an impact taken on it from an independent source such as YouTube. It won't drastically change politics forever, but it will have some sort of effect, sort of like inflation. It's not a HUGE change, but it's there.
2. I think it is important. Elections candidates try to bring up dirt on eachother to give them and edge. This site is a perfect opportunity for the media to know the whole truth. Isn't the dirt what the media wants anyways though. Of course it changes politics and has an affect, but I don't think it has any dramatic effects.
1. On YouTube, everyone can basically be a gatekeeper but other than the certain types of permission or rules that you have to abide to are the only things that is setting the standard to what can be shown on there. It is up to the people what they want to see because it is all out there basically.
2. This place is allowing people to see things that they cannot usually see on TV. If people want to see a different side or go more in depth in a topic then they are more likely allowed to. So i believe this is a pretty important factor. It could possibly change politics but it all depends on whether or not people just will let it be or they want to do something about it.
The gatekeeper theory shed's light on this because the government is trying to keep videos out of the hands of the people. The gatekeepers on Youtube are the people who publish their videos on the website. It is a good thing that people can do that because it is our right to and the government should allow us to.
It is very important because if people weren't allowed to put those videos on the internet then that would be a violation of our freedom to publish. Some people will remember it and some won't it is just a matter of whether or not it will effect her campaign or not.
1. In regards to the gatekeeping theory, there is one key piece of information being held from the public, and it's not at the hands of the media. The creator of the controversial video is anonymous, which leaves the nation is a state of curiousity. This creator has found a loophole around the gatekeepers by making a powerful political statement while remaining anonymous. The medium in which the creator used, YouTube, is also an anti-gatekeeper of sorts. It allows users to put all kinds of information out there for the public, and if it's not porn, without consequence. The creator of the video definitely knew what he/she was doing and found the best loophole around political campaigning. I think this is a good thing because someone found a way around the gatekeepers. And since the creator has remained anonymous, the gatekeepers really can't do anything about it.
2. I don't think this video is all that important. Countless videos exist on YouTube. Yes, this particular video has paved the way for other such videos, but it is essentially like the political commercials we have to put up with. The public will take from it what they want to, and if they let it influence their vote, then it's their choice.
1. The gatekeeper theory for this U tube video is very good. It shows the different ways that a person can campaign for an election. The gatekeepers here are the people who watch the videos prior to them being posted. This could be a good thing as long as the people posting use good taste. Do not use anything that would jeopardize good values.
2.This is an important way of bringing technology into the election process. It is going to be remembered for a long time because I am sure people are going to keep bringing it up until after the election. They are going to want America to watch it.
1. I do not see the idea of gatekeepers on youtube.com because everyone is free to post videos(those which do not violate terms of service. This is good because the gov't should have no control over what people want to show or express unless it is harmful in any way.
2.It is important because it helps uphold the idea of freedom of press and speech. It also allows us to view at our own discretion I think it will have little effect on government.
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