Kirk Cameron Raves About Group Singing Praises to Jesus That Just Went Viral "I really love this song right now. It's so powerful. And the Voices of Lee just made it even better! You have to watch (and hear) this ... all from a group of college students." – Kirk Cameron News Staff (Cleveland, TN) – [CBN News] – One group of singers is becoming a sweeping, viral-video sensation as they reach millions with the name of Jesus. The Voices of Lee, a group of singers representing Lee University, posted a moving video of them performing Hillsong's "What a Beautiful Name," on Facebook July 2. Since then, it definitely deserves the term "gone viral." It's been viewed more than 11 million times. More than 70,000 people have "liked" or "loved" it and over 110,000 have shared it, including Christian actor Kirk Cameron. …show more content…
It's so powerful. And the Voices of Lee just made it even better!" he wrote in a post. "You have to watch (and hear) this ... all from a group of college students." "We are so thankful for the number of people who have indicated they were blessed by these two videos," said the group's director Danny Murray. "We know that God touched these and we are so thankful. Dr. Hill (Church of God General Overseer) uses a phrase, 'At the speed of favor…' That is exactly what we've seen here," Murray also said. "There are a lot of considerations that go into account when ascribing the word 'viral' to any post – how long the post has been up, how much money was spent to promote it, etc.," said Rob Alderman, who is a senior partner of the Alderman group. His group manages social media for the Church of God International Offices according to Faith News Network. "But this video is certainly in that category. For a video to be considered viral, it has to have five-million views within three to seven days. At over 10 million views, the Voices video has more than double that," he said. "The numbers on the video are really significant," he also
According to Kevin Accola’s Ted Talk “Why Videos Go Viral”, a video goes viral because of tastemaker, communities of participation, and unexpectedness. Rickrolling utilized all three of these aspects to because the ultimate viral sensation. There were many tastemakers that used rick-rolling in their different forms of media, the big ones including Fox News and Filmcow, who were both very popular entities at the time and contributed to its virality. Fox News used it to prank Bill O’Reily by putting the video on his teleprompter during his show. Film Cow was an owner to a very popular series on Youtube called “Charlie the Unicorn” around the time that rick-rolling first started.
I have a new respect for the time and effort these students put into the production. When the entire cast came together to sing the final song from the movie “I’m a Believer”, I realized that the entire cast and crew had done just that, they had made me a believer of their amazing
This displays that O’Connor wrestling her faith using distortion of a singer who sings praising words to inspire people in becoming of a murderer. Furthermore, distortion shows O'Connor's struggle with faith when a business couple questions their trust in
Although some people think mass hysteria is spread by human nature, it is actually spread by media because of the amount of celebrity exposure and the impact movies, video games, and music has on the world. Popular people like celebrities have major influences on the world today and with added social media exposure this is an even bigger problem. This is shown in The Crucible when the girls all follow in Abigail Williams footsteps, she “sees” something, they all do. She “faints, they all “faint”. Another example is the case of the “Fainting Schoolgirls.”
Jackson paraphrases a verse from the First Corinthians: “Faith, hope and love are some good things he gave us, but the greatest is love. The greatest is love is meant to be the part that connects and supports a society. this makes “the greatest is love” one of the most important lines from the song. He also sings about going to church and dusting off a bible. These religious aspects are meant to relate to the listeners that reacted by becoming deeply religious.
For example, a picture of Justin Trudeau in a yoga pose flawlessly became a viral in the social media. In addition, he surprised the public when he is explaining about Quantum Computers in a video which spread in social media. He got a lot of praises from the public as genius leader. Furthermore, in the election campaign, Canadian media praise for Justin Trudeau and equating his appearance as Obama in United States in 2008.
Carr says, “Some quick clicks on hyperlinks, and I’ve got the telltale fact or pithy quote I was after” (138). Carr wants to explain that social media today contributes in spreading the news faster than it was before. Here I remember through the network of social media I was able to know about what I wanted to see or hear during the Arab Spring in a mere second of time. I read many articles of how people created pages to join and how people started to express themselves the way that they didn’t use to. In a few days, thousands of angry people were there.
All together, the appeal of the message resulted in the spread of
Not viral famous like today, when renown comes and goes like a passing cloud; the Internet as we know it was still in its infancy, most people didn’t even have email accounts and cell phones barely fit in your
There are five social media trends that are, according to Elizabeth Drescher, reshaping religion. She states in an article that for years Religionistas of all sorts have tried to navigate a new media in which old constructions of authority, identity and practice are changing almost by the minute. It 's worth while to take a look at some trends in social media that are reshaping religion and spirituality. 1) Social Prayer, there is an app on facebook called Pray Book. Friends are encouraged to pray for friends and users are asked to be consistent in their prayers for others.
It makes the overall work more dark and robust.” Avery said that the variety and doctoring of the sounds made her feel disassociated from her surroundings and engaged in the new occurrences within the video. There is not one specific fear or theme to focus on, but rather a
A fact that I appreciated was that it was the director’s first year at Trinity and he made sure he did an exceptional job on these pieces. Compared to the last performance I attended, I liked this one more because it was exciting and made me comfortable being
With the right infusion of looks, talent and undying urgency to be on top, there are singers who managed to somehow establish their name, despite the not-so-huge following. They are the ones who
Among Evangelicals, e-mails, faxes, and phone calls whipped across the country” (Cullen
This shows how much of an impact social media platforms have made. The most popular YouTube account has over fifty million subscribers. The most popular account on Instagram