We Media Platform(YOUTUBE) s’ Focus on the Topic of FGM (YOUTUBE) Before/After Pandemic
The word clouds above is generated from the titles of content in Youtube.
- To the contrary of BBC word clouds, the Youtube word clouds get increasingly concentrated during the pandemic.
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From 2019, the Youtube word cloud has shown words like “campaign” “anti” “suvivors and “interview”, which shows that as one of the post popular We Media platform, Youtube is quite focused on ending FGM, and showing care to the FGM victims.
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In the word cloud of 2020, we can see that there are some overlapping words appeared, mostly words like “campaign” and “end”,
showing that Youtube is continuously focusing on putting this phenomenon to an end. words like “Documentary” and “cutting” are showing
that the contents started to get educational.
- In 2021, the word cloud is significantly enhancing the focus of stopping FGM, with words like “government” announcing the increasing interference of authority.
- However, in the word cloud of 2021, both BBC and Youtube had the word “Kenya” appeared. This directs us to some specific news about FGM happened in certain regions.
- FGM should be treated with significance, as we can see through the word cloud, this action is still happening, and the attention of the media sometimes can focus on the wrong place, like how BBC keep demonstrating the victims as extremely vulnerable beings.
