THERE IS A UNIVERSITY IN CHINA THAT WANTS TO EMPHASIZE THE
IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA, AND ETIQUETTE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
THERE IS SOME MONEY TO BE MADE ON SOCIAL MEDIA IF YOU HAVE
A LARGE ENOUGH FOLLOWING, SOME AS A RESULT, THE INDUSTRIAL
AND COMMERCIAL COLLEGE HAS CREATED A CURRICULUM.
THIS IS A SERIES OF CLASSES, DEDICATED TO SUCCESS ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.
SO, KEEP IN MIND THAT THE TOP INTERNET EARNING CELEBRITIES,
KNOWN AS WANG HONG IN CHINA, CAN EARN UP TO $46
MILLION A YEAR, WHICH MAKE ME QUESTION MY LIFE CHOICES.
I FEEL LIKE I HAVE FAILED, BUT NONETHELESS, STUDENTS WHO
COMPLETE THREE YEARS OF THE COURSE, OR COURSES, WILL BE
AWARDED WITH AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE.
THIS IS AN ACTUAL DIRECTIVE HIM.
TO CUT IT AS AN INFLUENCER, YOU'LL NEED TO KNOW, FOR
START, A STATIC CULTIVATION AND FASHION SENSITIVITY, PUBLIC
RELATIONS ETIQUETTE, AND PHOTO PROCESSING SKILLS.
SO, CAN YOU TAKE A GOOD PICTURE, DO YOU KNOW HOW TO DRESS
YOURSELF, AND DO YOU KNOW HOW TO EDIT THE HELL OUT OF THAT
PHOTO, AND DO YOU KNOW HOW TO BE AS VAIN AS POSSIBLE IN
ORDER TO APPEAL TO THE MASSES, AND POSSIBLY MAKE A LITTLE
BIT OF MONEY?
NOW, THEY ALSO LEARN IMPORTANT SKILLS, LIKE DANCE AND THE ARTS,
SO I WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF CREDIT FOR THAT, BECAUSE IT'S
NOT JUST LIKE, SELFIE CLASSES.
HERE'S A PHOTO OF THEM DOING BALLET.
ONE GIRL WAS BOARDED AS SAYING, "I LIKE DRESSING MYSELF UP
REALLY PRETTY AND TAKING PICTURES, I FEEL LIKE THIS
MAJOR REALLY SUITS ME."
I DON'T WANT TO CRITICIZE CHINA FOR THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS
SOMETHING WE ARE SEEING THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
YOU SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO BECOME BIG STARS ON SOCIAL
MEDIA, THEY DO MAKE A LOT OF MONEY ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND IT IS
ESSENTIALLY AN EASY WAY TO MAKE MONEY.
FANS WHO TUNE IN TO WATCH CAN BUY ñ
LIKE, LET'S SAY YOU HAVE A BIG FOLLOWING, AND YOU LIVE
STREAM, AND USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO LIVE STREAM, HERE IS AN
EXAMPLE OF HOW PEOPLE MAKE MONEY; FANS WHO TUNE IN TO
WATCH CAN BUY THEM VIRTUAL GIFTS THAT CAN BE REDEEMED FOR CASH.
FOR EXAMPLE, A VIRTUAL CAR BUT BY A FAN COULD BE CASHED IN FOR
$20.
YOU GUYS JUMP IN, WE HAVE VERY LITTLE TIME.
THIS STORY MAKES YOU WANT TO GET BURIED ALIVE.
IT'S HORRIBLE.
YOU WOULD LOOK LIKE SUCH A STUPID ASSHOLE WITH THIS ON
YOUR RESUME.
GO GET A MINOR IN DANCE, OR ART, OR SOMETHING.
OR YOU KNOW WHAT?
JUST BE A WORTHWHILE, FUN PERSON IN REAL LIFE ON YOUR OWN.
GO EXPLORE SOMETHING ELSE.
THIS IS SO VAIN.
I'LL END THIS, I HAVE NOTHING TO ADHERE OF SUBSTANCE.
I SHOULD PROBABLY BE ON INSTAGRAM MORE, RIGHT?
FIRST OF ALL, YOU HAVE GREAT HAIR.
YOU DO.
I FEEL LIKE, WITH THAT ALONE YOU SHOULD BE ON INSTAGRAM.
BEN MANKIEWICZ' HAIR.
MANKIEWICZ LOCKS.
SO, MY FATHER HAD A VERY DISTANT WISHED CAREER, HE FOUGHT IN
WORLD WAR II, WAS IN THE PEACE CORPS, WORKED FOR BOBBY KENNEDY,
WAS HIS SECRETARY, THEN HE WAS IN PR, FINALLY MADE SOME MONEY,
STARTED AT ABOUT AGE 60.
AND THE INTERNS, OR THE YOUNG PEOPLE AT THE FIRM HE
WORKED AT, THEY WOULD COME INTO WORK, LIKE EVERY MONTH
THERE WOULD BE A MEETING ñ HE LOVED MEETING YOUNG PEOPLE,
HE LOVED TALKING TO YOUNG PEOPLE, AND HE WAS
INTERESTED IN OTHER PEOPLE UNTIL THE DAY HE DIED.
THEY WOULD ALL COME IN, AND INEVITABLY THEY WOULD ASK A
QUESTION, AND YOU KNOW, HEAT ANSWER, AND THEN HE DOES THEM A
QUESTION, HOW MANY OF YOU HERE WORK MEDICATION DEGREES?
HE GO, THAT'S GREAT, YOU WASTED YOUR EDUCATION.
BE A HISTORY MAJOR, BA POLITICS MAJOR, POLITICAL SCIENCE,
DANCE MAJOR, BE SOMETHING YOU ARE INTERESTED IN.
COMMUNICATION?
THIS?
BEING IN INFLUENCER?
THIS IS WHAT YOU PUT TOGETHER FROM LEARNING THINGS ABOUT
THE WORLD.
THIS IS WHAT YOU LEARN BY SIBLEY INTERACTING WITH HUMANS.
LIKE, GO OUT THERE AND HAVE A CONVERSATION.
BUT I THINK WE ñ I MEAN, I KNOW I'M GUILTY OF THIS, SOME PEOPLE
ISOLATE THEMSELVES.
ALL THE MEDICATION THEY DO IS THROUGH DIGITAL MEANS, AND
I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE CLASSES ON
HOW TO BE SOCIAL IN A DIGITAL SETTING IS KIND OF STRANGE.
BUT ANYWAY, THERE IS MONEY TO BE MADE, I GET WHY THESE KIDS
ARE DOING IT.
DO YOU BOO, I DON'T WANT TO BE TOO JUDGMENTAL.
MY DAD LOVES TO SAY THAT, DO YOU BOO.