 |
|
Web Video |
|
|
The ability to use the Internet to share videos is now very popular due in large part to the increased use of high-speed Internet service for home users. Videos are large files therefore they take a lot of time to transfer across a network and that includes the World Wide Web network. Therefore dial-up customers just a few years ago would not have been as eager to wait for videos to download. The fact that anyone with a video camera can record something and post it online for millions to access is very appealing to amateur actors and directors who traditionally had no large outlet for their creative talents. By using the Internet as their distribution vehicle they have leveled the playing field with many of the television and movie networks. Simply put, people are turning to their computer for entertainment and customize their experience based on what they want to view. Many amateur videos posted online receive pop culture status and are viewed by millions of people, which sometimes garner big breaks for these struggling amateurs. Many videos consist of stupid human tricks, comic parody commercials, clips from music videos and television shows and anything else you can imagine. Unfortunately, many videos also contain sexuality and nudity as well as alcohol use and violence. Some of the web site video services try to remove this type of material but videos are being posted at such a rapid rate it is almost impossible. Many also employ mechanisms to prevent underage users from seeing such content but with no real form of age verification it is not practical. Web videos have also become part of social networking profiles where profile holders place videos for others to view. This has created a direct link between social networking and web videos and increased the popularity of both. Out of all the video web sites www.YouTube.com is by far the most popular, but there are many others. Search engines such as www.Google.com and www.Yahoo.com also recognized the need to diversify and now offer video services. Here are some examples
of Web Video websites. |
|
|
