In the digital age, the family home has become a stage. Parents film their children in the name of authenticity, and audiences reward them for it. Few embodied that shift more completely than Ruby Franke, the creator of the YouTube channel 8 Passengers. Her polished image as a moral, disciplined
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One editing slip up revealed the dark side of a seemingly perfect Youtube vlogger, and it would eventually lead to her career’s demise. Brooke Houts posted her first Youtube video on November 23, 2015, uploading various styles of content, whether that be “get ready with me’s”, daily vlogs, or prank
The fundamental essence of true crime is what sustains the attention and curiosity of millions of people. True crime stories have been explored for decades on end, and have captivated the attention of millions of people, where authors investigate and examine true crime stories, and attempt to illustrate such cases
With the rise of social media platforms like Facebook, Youtube, Instagram, and TikTok, there has been a market for content about criminal cases. Many include unsolved murders or disappearances that first go over the details of the case but then take a questionable turn of speculating who the perpetrator is.
Have you ever sat down and decided to watch a YouTube video for entertainment? If so, what kind of YouTube videos do you watch? If you said anything related to true crime content, congratulations, you are part of the problem. How has this type of content become so normalized in
In our current technologic age, a variety of video sharing platforms are gaining predominance, such as YouTube or TikTok. Videos posted can be relating to news, music videos, vlogs, beauty tutorials or even stranger: ASMR. Before, they were known as kinks, now it is called ASMR or autonomous
In 1911, Thomas Edison held a practical monopoly on the technology needed to make movies. He was rampant about keeping the patents to himself and exploiting them to the best of his ability. So filmmakers said “Screw that noise” and headed to California, founding Hollywood and creating their own world.
In May of 2015, Dominyk Alfonseca went to a bank in Virginia Beach, Virginia. During this time, Alfonseca walked up to a teller and handed her a note asking for money. During this time, Alfonseca recorded the entire incident and posted it onto instagram. His reason for committing a bank
Mark Meechan, a youtube creator was found guilty after recording a video of his girlfriend’s dog doing Nazi salutes. Creating content on youtube can be seen as a form of entertainment and art, but instead Mark was charged with a hate crime. His goal was only to turn the dog
Now more than ever being with the influence of social media, such as facebook, twitter, instagram and youtube is easy to find and share a video that we like because it makes us feel better or because it makes us laugh. It is common to browse around our social media