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Pushing the Envelope: The Ethics of Producing Content and Gaining Views

  As I was watching the   Frontline  news documentary   Generation Like , I couldn’t help but feel a pit in my stomach. The initial footage of a thirteen-year-old boy sharing with the world his skate tricks was innocuous enough, but then the documentary rears its ugly head and takes a turn, showcasing a brash Steven Fernández aka Baby Scumbag doing riskier stunts and pranks in order to garner approval in the form of “likes” or “retweets”. The rationale provided was that by broadening his repertoire, he would earn more notoriety.   This model is reminiscent of something that I had seen before back in my youth.  CKY   or  Camp Kill Yourself , was a collection of videos (1999-2002) put out by a skateboard distribution company that not only contained compilations of skate tricks, but pranks and stunts that were pulled off in public (might I add that these were mostly based out of West Chester, PA. It’s proximity to where I grew up added a whole o...