Utube as alternative media or propaganda

(sorry, for technical problem, i can't upload the video on the blog, please click the link)

Stardom and Queen pier protect

Indeed, at first I decide to find some videos about the protect of queen pier in U-tube. But then surprisingly, I have found that there is one video which is about a famous film star Chow Yun-fat who signed to save the queen pier. What interest me most is that this video is edited with both Chinese and English subtitle of Chow Yun-fat dialogue, even I cannot recognize whether he is the "real" Chow Yun-fat or not (although of course i am not interested in if he is the real one). But more importantly, we can see that this video image tried to use star (Chow Yun-fat) and circulate via the Internet, in order to address their political purposes. Some sorts of stardom in political use can be seen from this footage.

In addition, U-tube can act as an alternative network of producing and distributing video, as opposed to main-stream media like TV and radio. Users of U-tube can upload his/her footages and share them with others via the Internet. This can break the tradition of passive audience and the hegemony of the overwhelming mass media. For example, some online users may make fun with TV news report and add some texts or sound effect on it, so as to delegitimate (or challenge) the authority of the dominating mass media.