YouTube Times Two

There are a couple of items about You Tube that have come through my blog reader. The first is an audio program from Commonwealth Club titled "Can PBS Survive in a YouTube World?" http://www.commonwealthclub.org/archive/08/08-01kerger-audio.html
It's a little bit long, and I will go ahead and say that the conclusion, is yes, PBS can survive. But I realized that so often I think of print media versus electronic media, rather than two electronic medias going head to head. I was also saddened to think of a world where PBS did not exist. It has always been one of my top channels.

The second is a blog entry about Big Think, the new You Tube video forum for big ideas and deep thinking. The blogger mentions that young adults often seem to delve into philosophical conversations and wonders if something like this will be a big draw for them. I'm not sure if teens would go for this without some direct marketing toward them, but I think that once they took the bait, they would like it. It's another way for their voices to be heard. I also think it would be a huge loss if they didn't take advantage of Big Think. Not only do young people have plenty of ideas, they also have a completely different perspective due to their very interesting developmental stage, their social structure, current education, etc. These perspectives evolve or become lost over time. Looking back, I can see a striking difference in my worldview from the time I graduated high school to my first semester at college. Hopefully, as I keep an eye on Big Think, some teens will come into the picture.