I've become really impressed with how the YouTube community works, especially the fact that people can actually make a living off making videos on YouTube *_* awesome. I would love to do that for a living, but I lack the skills nor the looks to be successful there.. but that's another story ^_^ (note to self)
So I've been toying with the idea of making the television industry obsolete by redirecting all entertainment content to the internet! ^o^ after all, with the state of youth nowadays, most of them don't even watch TV anymore. The only monitors watched are computer monitors~ TV is only used for console games and for higher resolution when watching videos from the computer :P
But how do people make money from the internet? Advertisements, that's how. Oh, advertisements are such a taboo word, always the most annoying thing disrupting one's enjoyment and people (celebrities, youtube or otherwise) associated with it are sellouts, money minded, sold their souls to the devil. -_-
I don't know about you, but I actually am one of the minority that enjoys watching advertisements. I've always found the methods of influencing and persuading customers immensely fascinating *_* Not to mention some advertisements are more entertaining than certain shows! (Seriously, go look up Thai ads, they're ridiculously hilarious)
My interests aside, advertisements are also a great source of income for celebrities. Did you know that some commercials pay more than a role in a drama? At lot of celebrities would fight for the opportunity to be in commercials~ and not only for the money, but for the snowballing recognition it provides to both the celebrity and the brand :D
Advertisers are the main source of income for the broadcasting industry (I think), TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, even the internet are mainly sponsored by advertisements. How do these advertisers get so much money, anyway? I don't know, but keeping them in business requires little to no effort on the audience's (our) part.
We don't even need to buy the items advertised (okay, not really true, in a long-term sense, if nobody buys an advertised item the advertising company will go bankrupt and.. yeah. Anyways.) The fact that the audience watches the advertisements already guarantees payment. This can be measured online by the number of hits a page/video gets, which is how the rate of payment is calculated for online advertisements (I think). Hmm, maybe this is the way it's done for television stations too..
So all this talk about advertisements is just to underline the fact that advertisements aren't the bad, brain-washing, money-stealing things that they're made out to be. I'm sure viewers have brains to decide.. :P and more importantly, with the freedom and ease to broadcast via the internet (youtube, blogs, etc), anyone can go into broadcasting/entertainment and can make a living out of it without having to resort to agencies and all sorts of middle people.
I'm always a big fan for fair opportunities and people making full use of their talents. I love the fact that so many talented people get recognized via YouTube. If the internet did not exist, these people would not get their chance if they didn't get stumbled upon by some casting agency. Its also great because now it'll be less of a luck factor and it rewards hard work and perseverance *_*
While getting rid of a middle-man agency or main regulating station might mean absolute chaos and disorganization, I think it's actually way better that way. While everything being chaotic, it makes it so that only the best entertainers will rise to the top, beating all competition due to only merits and not broadcast time, monopolies, or other politics related to being under a regulating body. It also gives the audience the complete freedom of choice~
And the viewer can enjoy all of this for free, on their laptop/PC/mac/etc wherever and whenever...there is an internet connection ^_~ (oh the irony, this being condoned by someone how doesn't even have internet)
