Monday, December 14, 2009

Cyberspace has provided people with a means of communication like nothing ever before. It started with Email, then updated itself in the form of chat-rooms and Instant messages. The most recent media for internet communication takes form in social networking sites, the most common of these being Myspace.com and Facebook.com. But what role does film play in communication on the internet? Would it be justifiable to say that film in cyberspace is part of a social network in a league of its own? Consider Youtube.com. Youtube allows people to sign up for free accounts, provides them with the ability to post their ideas on the web, and also gives them the ability to comment and rate the content submitted by other users. Film is art. Art is expression. And expression of one’s ideas in a public sphere is Web 2.0, the future, and ultimate reason for, cyberspace.

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