New Media is often thought of as being a new thing in today’s
world. Instead new media can actually be dated back to the time of the creation
of the alphabet. We have come a long way since this creation. In fact new media
today can be defined by all of our technologies and how we use them to
communicate, both directly and indirectly. People can talk directly to each
other through text messages, Facebook messages, Instagram’s direct messaging,
Snap Chats etc. We are able to communicate indirectly through the thing that we
post whether that is updating a Facebook status, a tweet, a posted picture on
your Instagram or snap story. All these communications have grown so much that
they consume our daily lives from early in the morning to late at night. What is
the first thing someone does when they wake up? Well for many they check all of
their social network to see what is going on in the world, what is everybody
doing? They go through the entire day doing that same thing, commenting on a
picture, liking someone’s status, and watching videos. Then they stay up all
night doing the very same thing and wake up to do it all over again. Because today’s
new media consumes such a major part in many of our lives, it has allowed many
people to make careers because of it.
Vine is a fairly new type of social network that has grown
in popularity over the years. It was founded by Dom Hofmann, Rus Yusupov, and
Colin Kroll in June of 2012 and was bought by Twitter for $30 million. It was
officially launched on January 24, 2013. Vine is a social network that allows
people to share short videos with one another. This social network allows
videos to be separated into specific areas such as comedy, music, sports, news,
food, etc. comedy being the most popular.
Through vine many people have been able to create careers
from the videos that they post. As of March 2015 the vine user KingBach is the
most followed user with over 11 million followers. That’s pretty popular if you
ask me. Other well-known and largely followed users include: Curtis Lepopre,
Logan Paul, Christian DelGrosso, Rudy Mancuso, Jerry Purpdrank and DeStorm Power.
Focusing on KingBach, otherwise known as Andrew B. Bachelor, his job is to come
up with new ideas for videos that will make people laugh. With over 11 million
follower he is very successful with that. Vine has become his career. He get
paid monthly based on the amount of followers he has and the amounts of vines
he creates. He reportedly said in an interview, “I have my rate that I charge,
which is $1,000 per 100,000 followers. So if I had 1 million followers, that’s
$10,000 per vine.” With 11 million followers that is a lot of money. But it is
because of us as the views that he makes so much. Because of his success on
vine he has signed with UTA (United Talent Agency) and has earned a role in the
tv show House of Lies. He has also
become one of the members of the TV show Wild
‘n Out. This is just more money to add to what he already makes with vine.
Many people just like KingBach have made careers
like this because we are so consumed in all of what new media offers. This is
not necessarily a bad thing, it is just how new media has evolved. However
there may be some negative aspects like: the way it effects our lives in
certain aspects, and how is it fair that someone can get paid so much when
others have to work so much harder.
I like the topic you chose and I think there are many ways you could go with this topic. I agree with you when you say that for some it seems so unfair that they can make a career just out of posting videos when there are other people that work so hard to make a living. I know this is your rough draft but I would elaborate more on the effects of this. Look at a specific effect on people when people are able to make careers. You have a great start.
ReplyDeleteActually when making a video and then making money out of that is hard. Not from experience but a friend with experience spends a lot of time making just a 3 to 5 or even 8 minutes long. Of course it may seem easy but in reality it's a lot of technical work and time consuming. You can't go base on videos and become famous right away because it does take time to make one endless you don't put effort to it then it simply lacks character.
DeleteThe whole indirect and direct communication in the first paragraph is great. Your whole introduction is very attention grabbing because a lot of us can relate to it. I hadn't even though of Vine as a topic and I think you can really work off of that a lot. You have a great explanation of it as well. I also agree that it's ridiculous the amount of money someone can make from vines and it seeming unfair. You have great points and different aspects that you can branch off. You mentioned it a little how the people that are vine famous are only famous because of the people. Maybe you can branch that off a little more to incorporate the whole "the medium is message" concept. So far it's looking pretty good. Nice job!
ReplyDeleteVine is a perfect topic! It's so new and mind blowingly popular. For your rough draft, I think you should focus on organization. Make an outline listing what each paragraph is going to be focused on and have an overall goal with your essay. It seems the direction you were going was Vine careers. On that subject, I would elaborate more on why they are so popular, how they have changed the world of videos and comedy. You could also compare and contrast Vine careers with Youtube careers. Which is more difficult? Which makes more money? I like the flow at the beginning of the essay; the intro generalizes but then narrows in on the topic, the second paragraph explains the history of Vines, but there's no transition between that and careers. You could put a transitional paragraph in between the second and third paragraph. Make sure you reread this draft for redundancies - there were a few sentences that were repeated.
ReplyDeleteOops, when I said "for your rough draft" I meant "for your final draft"
ReplyDeleteI think Vine is a great topic to talk about. It is so popular & it has many users. I think you should discuss what makes it so popular & discuss what makes it so unique from others like YouTube. I would discuss people who have had success from Vine.
ReplyDeleteNot to be all negative and such but I honestly see the same users over and over again with thousands of video on there vine. I don't see much point in this but I do definitely think it's a great topic overall for those interest in vines.
DeleteVine is new, you can describe how Vine is succesful if it is already easy to share a video off youtube. Twitter paid a lot of money so how is Vine valuable to Twitter?
DeleteWhile there is a sense of unfairness regarding KingBach's compensation, you can maybe say another reason KingBach is public about his income is because it is a lure for other people to try for a career with Vine. This is a growth stratagy. There is a lot of money in it for Vine because Vine does not have to pay for headhunting talent. Plus they don't have to pay huge royalities like television channels for the videos being shared.
Your first paragraph described how the average person's attention is consumed by new media. It appears you intend to mention negative effects and specific details. There are a lot of competetive new media platforms that offer similar services. Do you think there will be a saturation point for Vine? Or do you think the differences in Vine will be significant enough that Vine can replace those new medias in popularity? It is possible. A long long time ago, MTV was very popular, people depended on it for new music trends. Younger people now ask what is MTV ?
Vine is new, you can describe how Vine is successful if it is already easy to share a video off youtube. Twitter paid a lot of money so how is Vine valuable to Twitter?
ReplyDeleteWhile there is a sense of unfairness regarding KingBach's compensation, you can maybe say another reason KingBach is public about his income is because it is a lure for other people to try for a career with Vine. This is a growth strategy. There is a lot of money in it for Vine because Vine does not have to pay for headhunting talent. Plus they don't have to pay huge royalties like television channels for the videos being shared.
Your first paragraph described how the average person's attention is consumed by new media. It appears you intend to mention negative effects and specific details. There are a lot of competitive new media platforms that offer similar services. Do you think there will be a saturation point for Vine? Or do you think the differences in Vine will be significant enough that Vine can replace those new medias in popularity? It is possible. A long long time ago, MTV was very popular, people depended on it for new music trends. Younger people now ask what is MTV ?