Hi everybody!
I think I was one of the very few people who never entered in YouTube. I, obviously, had heard about it thanks to the media, but I had never searched a video on it before last Wednesday. I must confess that I still have some bias: I think that most of the videos people upload on it are useless or even stupid and offensive. Probably, this is due to the fact that the I heard speaking of YouTube only in relation to bullish acts or to dramatical events.
Nevertheless, I think that these examples are consequences of a wrong use of this tool, and that YouTube has lots of positive aspects: the fact that anyone can share their videos is great, and makes understand how the world is becoming more and more united; then anyone can also choose to "censure" the videos they consider too stupid, offensive or obscene. In effect the "YouTube people" would have a great power in selecting what is worth to be watched; the problem is that often they aren't conscious of this or they simply accept everything.
Although my relationship with this new tool is not completely positive, I think that it can become another help to my English: watching videos in English is undoubtedly useful to improve my comprehension and listening skills, but they are a window from which I can "peek in" English and American culture as well. This last aspect is for me the more interesting and even worthy to be "explored". I hope that, using YouTube more frequently, I can change my idea and pass my prejudices in order to find a new "technological friend"!
I think I was one of the very few people who never entered in YouTube. I, obviously, had heard about it thanks to the media, but I had never searched a video on it before last Wednesday. I must confess that I still have some bias: I think that most of the videos people upload on it are useless or even stupid and offensive. Probably, this is due to the fact that the I heard speaking of YouTube only in relation to bullish acts or to dramatical events.
Nevertheless, I think that these examples are consequences of a wrong use of this tool, and that YouTube has lots of positive aspects: the fact that anyone can share their videos is great, and makes understand how the world is becoming more and more united; then anyone can also choose to "censure" the videos they consider too stupid, offensive or obscene. In effect the "YouTube people" would have a great power in selecting what is worth to be watched; the problem is that often they aren't conscious of this or they simply accept everything.
Although my relationship with this new tool is not completely positive, I think that it can become another help to my English: watching videos in English is undoubtedly useful to improve my comprehension and listening skills, but they are a window from which I can "peek in" English and American culture as well. This last aspect is for me the more interesting and even worthy to be "explored". I hope that, using YouTube more frequently, I can change my idea and pass my prejudices in order to find a new "technological friend"!
