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Harlem Shake It Out
One week ago, five Australian skateboarders who were obviously feeling like they had a little extra time on their hands decided to get a little creative with artist Baauer’s song “Harlem Shake” (see...
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Cry Me a River
I can imagine one of the great frustrations of parenting a toddler is the amount of unexpected, unpredictable crying. A typical toddler will cry because their shoes are blue, not red or they are being...
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What Does the Fox Say? I’M VIRAL-OOO-OOO-OOO!
After reading @EmAkin3 ’s post on the viral “I Quit” video and discussing it more in class, it got me thinking – What exactly makes a video viral? Have people created a scientific method or discovered...
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Looking Deeper at Viral Videos
After watching this week’s upcoming video, a speech by Kevin Allocca, “Why videos go viral” I began thinking deeper into why videos and web content goes viral. Much like Kevin states in his TED talk I...
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Valence, Value and Virality: Why Upworthy & BuzzFeed May Be Skewing Our View...
Am I the only person who gets frustrated with these viral feel-good sites? (Forgive me in advance, as I will admit my bias first and foremost: I am a cynical person at times.) But there is something...
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Batkid: The coolest viral marketing campaign you’ve ever seen
If you haven’t heard about Batkid this week, you’ve been living under rock. Just in case you somehow missed it let me summarize for you… Miles, age 5, is in remission after battling leukemia, and told...
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Viral in It’s Own World
In my last blog post, I noted how pervasive the discussion of success with social media has become in our lives. I wish to return to that point, this time addressing a specific measure of that success:...
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