Two classes ago I was assigned to write a blog about the guest speaker. However our guest speaker showed up a little late and did not get a lot of time to speak. But the one thing that professor Rift talked about that made me think is when he talked about YouTube. He talked about how much money it takes to put on a Hollywood. Then Professor Rift contrasted that to videos put on you tube with no money by everyday people like us.
But before he arrived we talked about web 2.0. At first I had a hard time grasping what Professor Falk was talking about. Then she showed us a video made by a professor from Kansas State. Web 2.0 is allowing ordinary users to create a large amount of information on the web. With such websites like Wikipedia, Digg, Reddit, and del.ici.ous ordinary users are now able to have a voice. What really grabbed my attention is when Dr. Wesch talked about YouTube. He also highlighted on what Rift said about YouTube. Dr. Wesch explained how his video along with other videos on YouTube were getting as just much views as programs on television and how many videos have been created. He also talked about how web 2.0 is changing the way videos are being tagged on YouTube.
After seeing Dr.Wesch’s video and listening to Professor Rift speak it made me think about how Hollywood and the rest of the media are probably going to end up putting their shows and commercials on YouTube. The Web is becoming more and more video dominated every day, and creating new ways to tag videos so more viewers will be able to view them. After the class I was left to think about what all web 2.0 had to offer and how it would affect the media in return. I also thought about what web 3.0 would consist of when it rolls through next. Will all producers start looking towards YouTube?
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