http://theutubeblog.com/2006/11/27/is-the-world-of-youtube-surveillance-going-too-far/ an unofficial blog on YouTube + the video file sharing industry Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:12:13 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://theutubeblog.com/2006/11/27/is-the-world-of-youtube-surveillance-going-too-far/#comment-1555 Jonathan Plummer Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:41:14 +0000 http://utubeblog.wordpress.com/2006/11/27/is-the-world-of-youtube-surveillance-going-too-far/#comment-1555 The outcome of actions like this will ultimately be that people question the context of what they are seeing. Just as with the printed word, video carries with it some sense that what we are seeing is truth. But when someone is misquoted, or obviously taken out of context, in a print article, our first thought is usually not, "Wow, I had no idea he was so bad," but rather, "When did he say that? What did he say before that?" or in the very least, "Why would he say that?" I think as people get more savvy to the fact that video can present a manipulation of a situation just as easily as a printed statement can, they will come to question videos such as those of these students. The outcome of actions like this will ultimately be that people question the context of what they are seeing. Just as with the printed word, video carries with it some sense that what we are seeing is truth. But when someone is misquoted, or obviously taken out of context, in a print article, our first thought is usually not, “Wow, I had no idea he was so bad,” but rather, “When did he say that? What did he say before that?” or in the very least, “Why would he say that?” I think as people get more savvy to the fact that video can present a manipulation of a situation just as easily as a printed statement can, they will come to question videos such as those of these students.

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