media study one listen to a ted talk and answer the question
You will be watching a 16 minute TED Talk by the writer and artist James Bridle titled, ‘The nightmare videos of childrens’ YouTube — and what’s wrong with the internet today.’ (Links to an external site.) After viewing the video, please answer the following two questions:
1) What are ‘surprise egg’ videos? Why do children enjoy watching them? What does the presence of such videos on YouTube say about the ways by which similar videos can quickly propagate the platform, and be easily viewed by young children? (150 Words)
2) Beyond generating advertising revenue, what are some concerns that James Bridle brings up in the motives behind making oddly themed videos that exploit YouTube’s recommendation system? Why should parents and adults be concerned about these types of videos? (150 Words)
