Websites like youtube influence our culture really by connecting people in a different way on the internet. You watch peoples videos and make your own and so you watch other lives and things going on and you learn about it. In terms of language, watching these videos can teach you about other dialects and things. With the evolution of technology everything is becoming easier. Language is easier, it's easier to communicate over video. Everyone just says what they want and how they want in videos and there is no spell check or anything and no proper grammar to speak in. In the Lonelygirl15 videos, a 16 yr old girl simply sat in her room and talked to the video camera. well i suppose the webcam. She didn't use any specific language, she just talked. I think that's how see technology influences language is that it makes language easier and quicker, and there are less rules if any.
Another interesting aspect was the history of youtube. The way it was created was crazy it was an idea that got huge. Now it's like taking over the world practically. Basically what this technology does is entertain people and give people a different and free way to express themselves and let others see. I think it is a good thing and i have to say youtube is very entertaining.
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I agree that the internet, and YouTube in particular allows us to be so much more informal and casual with our language! People just say what they want and how they want to say it. It's totally acceptable now whereas before that person's education or intelligence would have been questioned if they were so informal.
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