tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320880986712768583.post6129502583034474060..comments2019-05-03T04:52:48.757-07:00Comments on HAL 9000: Getting Rid of Attention-SeekersEnglishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12938317526695003813noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320880986712768583.post-18913288325354859532011-03-20T22:26:46.650-07:002011-03-20T22:26:46.650-07:00I loved this article. I totally agree that youtube...I loved this article. I totally agree that youtube and sites like that glorify off the wall behavior to attract an audience. It's like we've volunteered to be the advertisement for their product. And it's working. <br />The problem is there's a sense that we need to outdo the latest stunt only increasing dangerous behavior among the audience that has the most free time and least fear of consequence: teenagers.kassie0303https://www.blogger.com/profile/04528010431936147866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320880986712768583.post-2276317864354337442011-03-20T21:09:06.299-07:002011-03-20T21:09:06.299-07:00I love this article. I think this is just technolo...I love this article. I think this is just technology's mark on the Bystander Effect. The bystander effect is a psychological effect that accounts for people not helping those in need.<br /><br />It is a "phenomenon that refers to cases where individuals do not offer any means of help in an emergency situation to the victim when other people are present. The probability of help has in the past been thought to be inversely related to the number of bystanders; in other words, the greater the number of bystanders, the less likely it is that any one of them will help." - Wikipedia<br /><br />While I think technology has an effect on this (although slight), I'd argue that this has always been a problem since before technology. Before Twitter, people would have stood around and watched, assumed someone else would do something to stop it, and made sure they saw every bit so they could tell their friends about it. Also, kids have started fights for years just so other people could hear about it by word of mouth. They didn't need YouTube. Devil's Advocate says that technology might not be the only cause of this problem.Jacob Fenleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08772659373972578791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320880986712768583.post-15453496952283074242011-03-20T15:41:39.914-07:002011-03-20T15:41:39.914-07:00I've seen something like that happen before. A...I've seen something like that happen before. A woman fell down at a store and instead of someone helping, they took pictures on their cell phone. It's crazy how people will go through lengths to post something "humorous" on their social sites rather than do something to help another person right in front of them...erynn.deannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10039249121919928026noreply@blogger.com