Art is something that is creative and if it is not new and different than it is not art. Entertainment is just the media using art to sway people’s thoughts and opinions. Art is always the catalyst of change while entertainment remains a constant. Entertainment is other people’s ideas being presented to you. Its something you can relate to and follow. Based on this critique, media is just the expression of ideas to an audience. With new interactive media such as Youtube and Facebook this argument is proved even stronger.
Youtube has a collaboration of mainstream media productions as well as people’s own personal creations. This media is now all available at the click of a mouse. People spend hours looking through videos and reading others peoples comments regarding what they have just watched. It gives people a forum to respond to the ideas that were presented to them and be somewhat critical. People have the opportunity to break the norm of just following what entertainment says to and create your own opinion.
Social networking, such as Facebook and Twitter, on the other hand give people an opportunity to pass off the happenings of their lives as media over the Internet. Some people post the every happening of their lives on these sites, their lives are now no longer art but entertainment for other people. Facebook enthusiasts spend hours looking through peoples’ statuses and viewing photos. The art that was their lives because of each different persons interpretation of their personal experiences has been turned into a form of entertainment for others viewing pleasure.
It may connect people but it also takes away from real interpersonal relationships. Over the Internet you can say or do pretty much anything you want and know that the person is not in the proximity. The days of meeting people for coffee to catch up care coming to a slow halt. But, in the case of long distance relationships it serves to keep the lines of communication open. Art and entertainment frequent our lives and we have become accustomed to living in a world where people and information are available at the click of a mouse.
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