Comments on: Do you belong to Generation V? http://www.socializedpr.com/do-you-belong-to-generation-v/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:09:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: » Your next job interview, live on the public internet http://www.socializedpr.com/do-you-belong-to-generation-v/#comment-207 » Your next job interview, live on the public internet Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:05:32 +0000 http://www.socializedpr.com/do-you-belong-to-generation-v/#comment-207 [...] posted earlier today on the increasing emphasis placed on physical attractiveness in a world of cheap, [...] [...] posted earlier today on the increasing emphasis placed on physical attractiveness in a world of cheap, [...]

]]> By: Jessica Hasson http://www.socializedpr.com/do-you-belong-to-generation-v/#comment-205 Jessica Hasson Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:16:28 +0000 http://www.socializedpr.com/do-you-belong-to-generation-v/#comment-205 The Online video phenomenon is merely a mirrored reflection of a society that places beauty over brains, glam over brilliance. It's the same popularity contest than is played out every day in real-life, but now they're is just a wider-spread audience. Look at the political system - I remember reading a study a while back that a vast majority of people take the appearance / attractiveness of a person into consideration when they vote. If the distraction of looks usually widely makes up for any inadequacies a person may have in real life, why would it not do the same (or be amplified) online in video? The Online video phenomenon is merely a mirrored reflection of a society that places beauty over brains, glam over brilliance. It’s the same popularity contest than is played out every day in real-life, but now they’re is just a wider-spread audience.

Look at the political system - I remember reading a study a while back that a vast majority of people take the appearance / attractiveness of a person into consideration when they vote. If the distraction of looks usually widely makes up for any inadequacies a person may have in real life, why would it not do the same (or be amplified) online in video?

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