In Jack Solomon's You-Topian Dreams it discusses a variety of issues that stem from the use online networking. Ranging from social media sites like Facebook and other sites such as Youtube it has become relatively easy to post videos. Whether the video post is for entertainment purposes or important issues in our everyday life its easy for a viewer from the audience to misinterpret the message that is being sent. There are apps available now and new ones being produced that allow an individual to cut and crop out certain parts of a video to their liking. An example of such activity is mentioned in the article whereas a blogger clipped out a portion of a speech by African American USDA employee where her words were taken out of context to suit the bloggers liking.
The video would go viral. This action of cropping the video made the employee seem as a racist thus getting her fired from her job.
The video would go viral. This action of cropping the video made the employee seem as a racist thus getting her fired from her job.
I believe that this idea of cropping videos and remaking them to the individuals liking is getting out of hand. These videos being re-edited an reposted on-line I think to be of a defaming nature. Since everyone nowadays seem to be computer geniuses and have too much time on there hands it is becoming seen more often a certain video or picture posted over and over time again. It gets quite annoying although I myself sometimes find the post funny, I myself would not like my words or actions taken out of context. Such actions might have negative outcomes like the one mentioned in Jack Solomon's article.
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