The identity changing testing site.

After continuing to dissect and overly break down the medium of video publishing, a thought promptly struck me, why does every demographic feel the need to ingrain their lifestyles into the view of others? This thought ended up trailing into a direction that originally was not intended, with the intention being set to understanding the human condition as opposed to discovering about YouTube. Because even though some YouTube creators use the medium to as a form of income, many still just publish for developing their own self interest. People crave to be heard, and even more-so, desire to be well received by the rest of the world as stated by Clifford Pickover (2007).  

An exaggerated example of struggle in the changing of identity 

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Another interesting subject that was uncovered through the time spent researching the topic was the social connotations associated with these 'YouTubers'; with people generally stereotyping them as being overly confident and popular in regular life. On the contrary, many of these content creators use the site as a form of escapism from their normal selves; preferring to portray themselves differently to the rest of the world. Kuttainen (2016) stated that we as humans have endless opportunities to uncover and develop knowledge of science, history, culture and other areas of knowledge; however this can also be considered relevant in determining and discovering 'self'.  Afterall, one opinion is that identity is shaped by a combination of what we know as fact and what we individually wish to be so. By experimenting as someone else people can see what the honest opinions of others may think of whom they are portraying (And as everyone knows, no one possesses a filter online). The surface of this website still seems to be firmly adjusted to the prying mind and it is the intention to continue probing for more understanding in the following weeks. 

References

Kuttainen, V. (2016). BA1002: Our space: Networks, narratives and the making of place, Lecture 5: Stories of place: Story lines . [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from http://learnjcu.jcu.edu.au

Pickover, C. (2007). The Book of wishes. Retrieved from http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/wishbook.htm