Introduction
Jawed Karim, Chad Hurley, and Steve Chen introduced YouTube in 2005. The website uses the domain http://www.youtube.com. The site was focused on helping people across the world to create and share short video clips online. Google purchased the site for $1.65 billion because it was increasing popularity, especially to the young people. Today, there are more than two billion views every day. It is estimated that almost 51 percent of YouTube viewers visit the site weekly and that 52 percent of those that share videos most are between ages 18 to 34 years. The new technology has had an impact on society. YouTube has been used for various reasons, but the majority is not educational. It is rather used as a form of entertainment (Dijck, 2013). A research on Singaporean opinions on weird videos will start on 10 January and end on 28 March 2014. The great concern is what users of this website share and view. Analysis of the content shared and viewed clearly shows that there have been weird videos. What can be seen is that people are trying to change the world so that they can be happy, but this changes the mind. This means that weird videos are a product of cultural development (Benzaquén, 2012).
Problem Statement
Singapore has been on the limelight due to the weird videos that have been aired by the media over the recent past. It has been established that Singapore has been fast and leading in the national and international media for all the long reasons. Some of the weird videos that have been uploaded on the social media have left most people wondering what respect is offered in the cities. The videos have depicted the disrespectful young people (Creswell, 2003; Crowley, 2013).
Aim of the Study
This study will focus on the opinions of viewers on weird videos from Singapore to determine the impact it can have on the minds of viewers. Videos viewed on the YouTube have influence on minds of people. The minds of the people are important to the country as it determines the future social and cultural standards of the country. The technology is widely used in Singapore. This study is important for determining the future use of this technology in the country. The study will also examine the positive and negative impacts on this technology on the minds of people and actions that can be taken to minimize its effects on future generations.
Research Questions
- What are some of the incidences of weird videos in Singapore?
- What are the opinions of viewers in Singapore?
- What can weird videos impact on viewers’ minds?
- What is the opinion of the government on weird videos in Singapore?
Hypothesis
- There is a significant relationship between Singaporean opinions and culture of the people in the country.
- Behavior and opinion are vastly correlated to weird videos.
- Ethical and Economic factors are positively correlated to widespread of weird videos.
- There is a significant relationship between the morals of the current generation and future generations (Hutto, 2011).
Literature Review
According to Nanay (2013), the theory of mind is used by researchers and scientists to refer to the abilities that a person has to reason about their own mental states and that of others. These abilities are culturally acquired or innate from other species. The mind creates the ability of the product of cultural development (Bennett, 2012). This can be used to investigate the behavior of people and is much evident as the mind abilities progressively develop in adults and children. Hutto (2011) identified that the mental lives of people can either be genetic or primitive to a cultural time scale. The mind is reflected in reasoning and is emphasized in mental processes and states. The most obvious and easiest way to formulate an idea is through seeing it in the mind (Hegazy, Ali, & Abdel-Monem, 2011). Eyes and the mind can function together to make something appear real. The naked eye can only see what already exists in the external world. This makes people visualize in the mind because the eye already exists in the invisible realms of the mind (Burke & Troscianko, 2013). The imagination on the mind becomes real as it creates a mental image. The process creates impressions on the mind and then the impressions are manifested as experiences and facts in one’s life (Crowley, 2013). This creates the subconscious mind. This is becomes the explanation for the transformation of people in behavior, thoughts, and character. Videos are effective in painting a picture in the subconscious mind (Benzaquén, 2012).
Methodology
The study will use quantitative research design to create a representation of observations to explain the phenomena. The choice was based on the need to create a correlation of the theory of mind with the behavior and thoughts of people. Behavior determines one’s actions and mannerism. Weird videos exist because people have an unethical picture in the subconscious minds that they want to share and see (Bennett, 2012). This makes this research an ethical research that requires conclusions to be made and empirical evaluations to be applied. The information collected will be useful in influencing people in Singapore to promote their ethical standards (Balnaves, 2001). This will involve collecting numerical data in the efforts to explain the Singapore opinion on weird videos. Both open and closed questionnaires will be used to collect data from respondents. The data will be presented in tables, graphs, and theoretical form. The research process will target a population of 500 people. The researcher will use random sampling methods to reduce this number to 150 potential participants (Creswell, 2003).
Research Time Table
Findings
Possible Causes and Impacts of Sharing Weird Videos
According to some sources, it has been established that the only thing that comes along with such disrespectful acts is the influence of drugs that have left most young people in the city intoxicated. Drug abuse has also left young people in the city without even the single conscience that crucial to every human. This has resulted to them being involved in inhumane and disrespectful acts. The videos have clearly depicted that the young people have no respect neither for the young nor the aged. It is estimated that the government has faced a lot of challenges dealing with the young (Dijck, 2013).
Incidences of Weird Videos in Singapore
In the first weird video that was called little India riot where a worker from India lost his life due to what police termed as causing death by a negligent act after the investigations. It has been established that the riot was involving some Asian workers after a fatal accident traffic accident in which one of them was them was knocked down by a private bus in little India. The rioting incident was classified as rioting with dangerous weapons. The riot which occurred at a bus interchange has been described to have happened out of negligence (Crowley, 2013). It is estimated that the young person tried to board the bus which already full and when the driver tried to seek help from a Singaporean woman who was responsible for checking the departure and the arrival time of the times of the buses. It was established that the woman was able to get Sakthivel off the bus which at the moment was about to ferry some workers to the dormitory. When the driver was making the left turn, he heard a loud bang on the left side. When he tried to look down, he found Sakthivel knocked down underneath the bus. The whole scene about the death of the young man was faced with a lot criticism, from the activists though the police conducted their investigations. The rioters became more violet and they started using more hostile things to damage the bus as well the emergency responding vehicles in the area. It is also estimated that the situation got out of control and the police used force to control the situation (Herman, 2008).
The other incident that has been depicted on the weird videos in Singapore is where an elderly person wants to sit at a corner in the bus. Though the corner sit is occupied and the sit next to is vacant, he decides to ask the young man seated at the corner seat to give up his seat and move to the next seat. This raises a quarrel between the two and the young man could not understand why the old man wanted the corner seat (Dijck, 2013). The two enter into an argument that results to them abusing one another and the young person inputting very strong words on the old man. The situation gets out of hand and the young guy even spits on the old man right on his face. The rest of the passengers had just sat quietly as they waited for drama to unfold. The passengers find this as one as another amusing moment that they can watch and leave. The scene clearly depicts that the young people in Singapore have no respect for the elderly (Oatley, 2011). According to my opinion though the old man was on the wrong, the young man had no reason at all to spit on the poor old person. On the scene, it is clearly seen that there is no one who tries to intervene between the two or help the situation. They were all amused of the drama. This clearly establishes that disrespect from most people is as a result of behavior and character. This has been enhanced by cultural changes where everyone is busy on their own schedules and they do not care about what happens to their neighbors. This has resulted to the Singapore becoming one of the cities with a rotten society (Savarese, 2013).
Government Opinion
The government still put into consideration that the future of the country still lies on the young people. This is the reason the government ought to be careful when dealing with the young rest it breaks the vision of the country. The government has put control and measures in place to make sure that minimizes the usage of drugs in the country and eventually in the region. Drug has influenced the young people in the country and it has rendered them useless and they do not even respect the rule of law. It is estimated that unless the government put appropriate measures, the vision of the country will die soon (Dijck, 2013).
Conclusion
Weird Videos in Singapore have led to more negative than positive impact on the minds of people in the country, especially the young people. The young people are important in the society because they determine the future social and cultural standards in the society. The ethical standards of the Singapore society are deteriorating because of YouTube. This can be explained by many factors, such as unemployment, drugs, and lack of education in the country. The government intervention is necessary to solve this problem.
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