“The YouTube Effect” Essay
Read Naim’s “The Youtube Effect”
Then, complete the following essay (NOTE: Type in WORD or a GOOGLE DOC and then SAVE AS/UPLOAD as a PDF; also, when you submit, make sure your Similarity Report is in the GREEN!):
“There are 65,000 new videos posted every day.“ In at least five (5) paragraph essay, using evidence from Naim’s “The YouTube Effect” (article is in the text and at https://foreignpolicy.com/2009/10/14/the-youtube-effect/Links to an external site. (as well as posted below), explain how the use of social media, and sites such as YouTube, can make it harder to decipher between fact and fiction.
Explain “The YouTube Effect” and at least two positive effects or consequences of this phenomena and at least two negative effects or consequences of this phenomena.
Also, explain what can be done by users of social media, and sites such as YouTube, to ensure that they know the difference between “real” news and either “fake” news or so-called “alternative facts”.
NOTE: You should research the term “alternative facts” before writing.
Use third-person point-of-view. No first-person point-of-view.
Save/print as a PDF and UPLOAD to CANVAS.
Mention both the writer and the article title in the response.
