Youtube and facebook

Youtube and its social impact:

Youtube was the first easy way for viewers to post videos onto the internet, making it possible for anyone with an Internet connection to post a video that a worldwide audience could watch within a few minutes. An early example of the social impact of YouTube was the success of "The Bus Uncle" video in 2006 - a heated conversation between a youth and an older man on a bus in Hong Kong, and was discussed widely in the mainstream media Another YouTube video to receive extensive coverage is "Guitar" - a performance of Pachelbel's Canon on an electric guitar. After it received millions of views, The New York Times revealed the guitarist to be Lim Jeong-hyun, a 23-year-old from South Korea who had recorded the track in his bedroom. Charlie Bit My Finger is a viral video famous for formerly being the most viewed YouTube video of all time. It had over 245 million hits as of November 2010 - two brothers with one-year-old Charlie biting the finger of his brother Harry, aged three.In Time's list of YouTube's 50 greatest viral videos of all time, "Charlie Bit My Finger" was ranked at number one.

Facebook and it's social impact:
Facebook has become one of the leading social networking sites on the Internet today. It is used by millions of people around the world, such as high school students, college students, family members and friends, all using this tool to simply keep in touch with one another. Other people, however, have come to use Facebook for business purposes. It is simply a multi billion-dollar organization that has affected the way people communicate today. It is apparent that Facebook has such an eminent control over its users; nevertheless it is the user who must determine whether this is a good or bad control.
In many ways this program could be considered technologically advanced compared to some competitors such as Myspace. The applications that are permitted within Facebook continue to improve as well as add up. Facebook is simply a way for those to connect to others. This search can be as limited as the user permits, however it enables you to remain close to friends you saw last week or those you have not been given the opportunity to speak with for several years.