My approach, as of now, is very bland. I am uncertain how to attack this written piece with specific scenarios and examples because I live and utilize this digital world daily. The difficulty in listing “skills” that I see as doing “regular tasks” is reasonably great for me. The website I would incorporate into my narrative is YouTube. The amount of ways to interact with the platform is underrated. Millions of videos of people exposing us to their lives could change our perception of certain things. Accessibility to watch heated debates on relevant topics on YouTube, my favorite being Steven Crowder, which may or may not influence how you think. You also create communities within YouTube, the comment sections being the role. People from all over the world writing their opinion in the comment section or just showing support to the content creator is part of web literacy. Participants in the comment section more than likely have the same opinion that the others on the content. This is a Segway to another way to express oneself on the platform, the like and dislike button. Though the dislike button no longer shows the number of people who chose it, the two buttons would be away for the content creator to see how the watcher felt about that particular video. The platform, in a sense, distracts from the real world. On YouTube, you visually can watch people, for example, vlogging, and feel as if you were actually with them. Potentially chipping away from our social skills comes with YouTube because there is the ability to communicate behind a screen. This enables you to say nasty and vulgar things you would not voice out in public.
February 23, 2022 at 1:54 pm
When I was writing out my “draft”, I had no idea what I would write about but since I’m focusing on the toxicity side of social media, especially video games and how it can present a toxic atmosphere among player. Your last sentence, ” This enables you to say nasty and vulgar things you would not voice out in public” is very relatable to how people will say something over a video game, especially when losing but when it comes to a public atmosphere they won’t say it. Being behind a screen is like having a second identity, being someone that you truly aren’t.
February 23, 2022 at 1:56 pm
George,
This sounds like a great place to start your digital literacy narrative! I can definitely relate, as I also consume a lot of content on youtube. I definitely think you are correct in saying how underrated youtube is as a social media platform! I really like your examples of the like and dislike buttons which add more of a collaborative feel to youtube as opposed to a streaming service such as Netflix where you don’t really get others’ reactions! Reading youtube comments is always super entertaining to me and that aspect adds a sense of community to the platform as well.
February 23, 2022 at 9:45 pm
ahh you guys are too sweet no need to hype me up lollll
February 23, 2022 at 2:00 pm
George,
I don’t think your approach is bland but rather insightful because you pointed out so many different constraints and literacies that are involved in youtube. I think youtube is a platform that many use but as you pointed out, we don’t always consider the ways that youtube seeks to influence us.