America's+Changing+Culture.+The+Viral+Video+Phenomenon

In the early 2000s, a huge cultural revolution began to sweep the nation in the form of viral video, facebook, reality TV shows, On-Demand movies, and Britney Spears. In our generation, it is impossible to escape from television, the internet, and today’s popular music. These technological changes are changing our bodies, our minds, how we interact with other people, and how quickly we receive and process information. In February of 2005, three Paypal employees launched an online-video site called Youtube. In December of 2005, Youtube makes its official debut, and is an immediate powerhouse of users, advertisers, and information. Youtube rages on and attracts notice from hundreds of investors until it is at last bought by Google Inc. in October of 2006 for $1.65 billion (although it is still not profitable—although it generated a revenue of an estimated $249 million, Youtube spends $700 million a year to store and host videos). Soon, Youtube not only became a house for lonelygirl15, but could also be accredited with the fame of stars like Justin Beiber and Susan Boyle. In July of 2007, users submitted questions for the presidential debate that the website was holding, and candidates answered them live. This showed the website’s role in society on a level higher than entertainment (Lidsky). Today, Barack Obama uses his Youtube account to address the nation, and Justin Beiber’s “Baby Ft. Ludacris” is the most watched video in history at about 310,400,000 views (ReadWriteWeb). Even though politics may affect our nation’s structure, it is truly developments like Youtube that influence a generation.
 * __America’s Changing Culture__ **
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