Is Youtube to blame for teens doing dangerous stunts?
YouTube Argumentative Essay Every year, more than 14,000 American children, under the age of nineteen die of accidental injury in the United State of America. Some point fingers at a certain website. Many believe that by hosting videos of people preforming hazardous stunts, YouTube is encouraging and promoting others to do the same. This website is YouTube, a website were many pursue the goal of becoming an Internet celebrity. Through the use of concise and clear evidence an individual can recognize that YouTube is not guilty of that accusation. So the debate of whether YouTube is to blame comes up. However, to ignore any side of a quarrel would be unbecoming to both sides of the dispute. “Many viewers, particularly teenagers are inspired by what they see and are eager to try it themselves, says family therapist Clair Mellenthin” (Page 11,”YouDanger”). By hosting the dangerous videos YouTube can be to blame for the deaths of the youths, because that site is bringing one-upmanship to a new level and promoting other teens to try to out-do each other over the web. In other words, by having the stunt videos on their website, YouTube is allowing teens a method of becoming notorious and revered for doing such a stunt, no matter what the cost. “The peer pressure of doing something is greatly increased now that we can see what others are doing around the world” (Page 11,”YouDanger”). To illustrate, a teen will ask themselves if they are “cool” enough or if they are being as daring and adventurous as others around the world. They will ask themselves if they are really “living”. But soon those teens will come to one solution to their woes, preforming a stunt that outdoes all the others and provides them fame and significance in their world. Nonetheless, the risk of doing aforementioned feats only prove to better the “quality” of the video, the same way that an athlete is given reputation for preforming their exceptional deeds. YouTube has also played a part in an