YouTube utilized in police investigations
Posted by The Skyliner on February 25th, 2009Kaelyn Pfenning
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Ever wonder where time has gone? Try estimating how many hours you spend online, particularly on Facebook or YouTube.
“YouTube is awesome,” Daniel Hughes, sophomore biology, said. “[YouTube] shows you how to do anything.”
YouTube, launched four years ago in Feb. 2005, consumes many hours by offering easy access to numerous videos.
“It’s a great tool, for good and bad,” Caleb Murphree, senior Christian studies, said.
YouTube possesses numerous functions in society today such as entertainment and education.
“Whether it’s a TV broadcast or sermon from a conference, I find it to be very informative,” Jeremy Logan, junior Christian studies, said.
Many students at North Greenville University watch a wide variety of videos via YouTube for countless, diverse reasons.
“It’s cool that I can relate to someone in California about something we both saw on YouTube,” Brittany Dail, junior health and wellness, said.
“YouTube is a good website to get information on issues of interest,” Logan said.
YouTube continues to provide entertainment and education as well as to incorporate more roles. YouTube.com states that the U.S. Congress instituted YouTube channels on Jan. 12, 2009 to keep citizens informed.
According to YouTube.com, “Each Member of the House and Senate will have the opportunity to create and control their own YouTube channel …making it easy for people to interact with videos that offer an inside look at their elected officials in action on Capitol Hill.”
According to thesun.co.uk, YouTube contributed to an arrest when someone broadcast a video capturing their prank theft of spectacles from a charity worker.
“North Wales Police confirmed that a spectacles theft was reported in Wrexham on Saturday,” according to thesun.co.uk. “Officers watched the footage and made an arrest this morning.”
YouTube holds the potential for many valuable purposes along with many corrupt options depending on the individual’s usage.
“There is no surety of finding anything substantial,” Logan said. “It gives people an easy outlet to spread whatever kind of propaganda they may want.”
The use of YouTube calls for wisdom as anyone can upload videos of anything.
“[YouTube is] a great way to broadcast biblical teaching as well as to supplement general education,” Murphee said.
In addition to YouTube, GodTube.com, now called tangle.com, offers Christians a friendly environment to share videos and to connect with others.
According to tangle.com, “It’s a place where, in addition to sharing videos, our users can connect and share their faith and lives with others through photos, audio messages, blogs, prayers, music, causes and so much more.”
Both YouTube and GodTube offer video media outlets worldwide in today’s society.
“YouTube is just a part of the information-saturated world we live in,” Murphree said. “If it didn’t exist, something else like it would.”
Tags: Spring 2009, Vol. 108 - Issue 5