Ever since YouTube became a mainstream source of media, it has become one of the most popular websites. With the rapid increase in popularity, more and more users are using YouTube due to its user friendly platform and conveniency. YouTube has also become a source of income for many, many people create YouTube videos as a full time job. YouTube has become such a versatile source of media. Whatever you want you can find, videos related to comedy, skits, product reviews, instructional, lessons, etc. YouTube has revolutionized entertainment, before YouTube was mainstream, people would watch television, read books, go to the movie theater, etc. Now, we can spend hours on YouTube with access to a plethora of different videos on our computers or mobile devices at our own comfort for free.
Virtual worlds can be used in many ways, one being such as having an area where you can explore and express your imaginations. For example, in a video game called Minecraft, it is a lego cartoon based virtual world created for children to be able to freely express their creativity and to be able explore the virtual world. Virtual worlds can also be used for simulations, escape from reality, video games, etc. The pros of virtual reality is that is can possibly and potentially be better than reality, it connects people, can be used for rehabilitation, provides a safe way to build skills in challenging or risky tasks, allows skills to be developed at one's own pace. The cons of virtual reality is that it can create a disconnection from the real world and the virtual world, it is costly, it could possibly reduce ones creativity. Virtual reality can be a really good thing if it was used on real life terms such as using it as like a second office. Rather than having an individual go to w...
I always thought that YouTube was interesting and it's actually one of the forms of new media that I use everyday. You can really see how it is evolving and famous YouTubers are evolving out of it. Other platforms can include livestreaming services, but some of the most recent trends have included disstracks as well as boxing matches. These revolve around the same clickbait titles that bring us to YouTube in the first place. People create false drama and then viewers are attracted to this drama which draws users to their channel.
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