No Cultural Underground: The Harlem Shake

One thing that I never had thought about that was mentioned in our Internet lecture for J1 was how the Internet made it nearly impossible for there to be any cultural underground. Not only the assess ability of information but the speed of which it travels. We can see this in examples such as fabs like the Harlem Shake. Within a week nearly everybody knew what the Harlem Shake was and people were doing it themselves. The next week the Harlem Shake was something of the past. I searched on YouTube for The Harlem Shake. Over nine million results came up. Those nine million posts wore out what was considered for a short time a fun thing to do with friends. Now, The Harlem Shake is considered outdated.

Link to The Harlem Shake YouTube Results:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+harlem+shake+&sm=3