It’s a good bet that when “The Daily Show’s” Jon Stewart spends six minutes making uber-ironic fun of a particular trend or topic, it’s pretty much arrived as a legitimate Mainstream Media Phenomenon. Such was the case recently with Stewart’s hilarious deconstruction of Chatroulette the Web site that facilitates random video chat conversations, at least half of which apparently involve men engaging in some kind of sexual activity — judging, that is, from all the print and broadcast coverage.
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Is the Chatroulette Sleazefest Giving Video Chat a Bad Name?
Posted by: Renay San Miguel March 15, 2010 06:00 AMIt’s a good bet that when “The Daily Show’s” Jon Stewart spends six minutes making uber-ironic fun of a particular trend or topic, it’s pretty much arrived as a legitimate Mainstream Media Phenomenon. Such was the case recently with Stewart’s hilarious deconstruction of Chatroulette the Web site that facilitates random video chat conversations, at least half of which apparently involve men engaging in some kind of sexual activity — judging, that is, from all the print and broadcast coverage.