“The principal forms of our physical and social environment are fixed in representations…and we ourselves are fashioned in relation to them.” - Serge Moscovici

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Comments on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhHeeJa-pBw&feature=related

While this video is interesting (and most likely fake? thoughts on that would be appreciated), I was more struck by the comments posted about it. From "f they would only allow open season on these cockaroachs" to "The next time you eat in a restaurant with illegals working around your food... just think that they have never been cleared as not to have aids, TB, hepatitus A or B, fleas, mites or just plain clean hands. They touch, breath and probably spit on your food, plates and silverware. Enjoy your food people!" to "Why are you so racist to us? What did we do to you? America is the greatest country because of the diversty this country has." I found the commentary on this video to be extremely interesting. People have so many different points of view, and the media (especially YouTube) serves as an arena to voice them almost completely uncensored. For example, "DUDE GET IT STRAIGHT THROUGH UR HEAD! WE WILL NEVER EVER EVER LEAVE OK? COMPRENDE? DAMN. JUST SIT UR WHITE ASS DOWN AND EAT UR CHEESEBURGER." Do you think that comments and forums like these are more helpful or harmful? Do we think that anyone's opinions would be changed by reading these? If so, how? If not, why post?

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