Viral is an image, video, piece of information that is circulated rapidly and widely on the Internet. Viral also is describing a pattern of behaviour the spreading of information from one person to another through their social connections. Viral content is the information that spreads this way, via electronically amplified word of mouth running through people’s online and offline relationships. Viral marketing attempts to take advantage of the mechanism of viral spread for commercial, entertainment or political ends. According to Burgess (2008), many seemingly inconsiderable videos have extolled worldwide fame. The large audience for these clips illustrates yet a larger phenomenon in the world of viral video: the apparent unforeseeable of viral …show more content…
This research also can be very helpful in cooperation companies with video marketing campaigns. For example, viral and has improved the brand’s popularity among young consumers for Old Spice’s recent YouTube campaign (Reiss, 2010). In order to continue to benefit from online video, companies such as Old Spice must detach and perfect the recipe for creating effective viral content. By understanding the reasons behind videos’ successes, scholars will better understand the factors that lend themselves to today’s popular culture. Among Time Magazine’s list of the top 50 viral videos of all time, there are clips of animals, dancing, singing, falling, and crying (just to name a few) (Fletcher, 2010). These clips also include many different types of people. It is important to note that simply because the content of these clips seems to be different does not have keyword. According to Facebook virality is defined as the percentage of people who have created a story from your page post out of the total number of unique people who have seen it. Creating a story is refers to the number of likes, comments and shares and any communication on the …show more content…
It design to generate excitement over nothing. Viral marketing is the goal of many company especially for company that are sell product because it is easy, you just need to post it on social media but the video must contain of weird and excitement things to attract viewers. Also, viral thing can save a budget because the company do not have to pay high payment for television, radio and other social media for advertisement. Then, with viral the advertisement will spread widely rather than do an advertisement on television and radio because people nowadays like to watch something that viral on social media. Besides that, viral can make the product be the best seller because the product become a conversation on social
For example, the video uses logos by “making an inductive leap” by having the viewer “use specific observations as the basis of a general conclusion” (Austin 656). The video illustrates how almost every news station reports on stories by following a common sequence. The report has a general overview of the information, then they provide footage, witnesses, a reporter live at the scene, statistics and experts, emails, and tips. Moreover, the video appeals to pathos via humor by ridiculing other news reports. This makes it “more likely [for viewers] to be motivated to adopt an opinion…when logical appeals are combined with appeals that work on an emotional level” (Austin 661).
In our unit Rhetoric and Politics, we learned about ethos, pathos, and logos. We also learned about logical fallacies and political platforms. It was very interesting to learn about and now I see these devices all the time when looking at advertisements. In order to learn about advertisements we got to watch a lot of video advertisements. After watching and breaking down advertisements and the specific thoughts, mechanics, and fallacies advertisers use to motivate us to buy products, we got to make our own video.
In today's society, popularity is a significant factor on daily lives, however there are many questions to how certain movements or ideas become popular. Many people don't realize the influence popularity has on their daily decisions or actions. For instance, if an individual has to make a decision between a pair of Nike shoes over a no-name brand, the individual would most likely choose the Nike shoes due to its credibility and recognition. However, if the Nike symbol was removed, there is a chance more people would gravitate towards the no-name brand.
The “Youtube Effect” I agree with Moises Naim’s observations on the “Youtube Effect” because his ideas and observations are still as accurate as his observations were about 12 years ago. As an avid youtube user myself, I can vouch for his observations because not only do I use youtube for entertainment purposes like most young adults my age, I also use youtube to find out about serious issues that are going on in the world. youtube allows millions of people to watch and post all sorts of videos and I feel as though there are a few pros and cons of the “Youtube effect”. The pros of the “Youtube effect” are the fact that the informative videos can educate you on things you had no previous knowledge of. More than half the time, you can acquire more information from an informative video than you could just by watching the news.
The drastic increase in social media has also had a tremendous impact on the media’s impact, as it makes this technology more and more
Hashtags, comments and posts that used to seem trivial turned into powerful methods of expression. This was shown similarly in “The Gambler” with Kulaap’s own media stream of her date. To me, this was reminiscent of the evolution of social media and self-reporting, particularly the rise of Youtube. Video logging used to be just for home videos but now, millions flock to watch the latest beauty guru’s tips and the daily lives of relatively average people.
The main media’s used are social media and television which are the main focus of chapter 9. Shirky’s article “Why I Just Asked My Students To Put Their Laptops Away” begins to talk about a way that people investigate and draw conclusions about the intersection of technology and everyday life. While Elavia writes about how reality shows are viewer driven rather producer or network driven. One thing social media and television have in common is how much of an impact they have on today. Everywhere you look there are ‘perfect’ images being displayed representing unrealistic goals.
One hundred years ago nobody heard about the news or current events from Facebook or the newest tweet. Until fairly recently the most up to date news had to be heard through the grapevine or read in a newspaper. Since the creation of the internet and the mass media that comes with it, information can now be spread all the way across the world in the time it takes to hit the enter button on a computer or phone and upload it to the internet. Some people think that this is a bad thing because so many things that are uploaded can be either false information or simply information that is misleading and could teach individuals the wrong thing. However, if mass media is used in the right way it can be beneficial to the accessibility of valuable information,
With the rise of television and in-home electronics, the video generation was born. Movies like Pretty in Pink, Back to the Future, Star Wars, and Dirty Dancing were gaining extreme fame and inspiring the youth culture to follow its messages and trends. In music, MTV lead the way with music videos that propelled stars like Madonna, Prince, Michael Jackson, and Phil Collins into the stardom many wished for. Out of this came the rise of Pop and Hip-Hop, two defining genres that changed the trends and styles of the
Between films, television, novels, and the Internet, there are many different types of popular culture in which society is immerged. One might argue that studying pop culture is shallow and worthless, but this is debatable because most of what we do is shaped by pop culture in some way. Studying pop culture may allow us to understand trends in culture that can aid in other society-based careers, as well as study societal and power constructs with greater accuracy. As technology and media develops further and further, pop culture should be studied in academia, as it is a relevant way to examine the moral constructs of the society and understand trends in culture. In the future, if pop culture is included in academia with the same importance as other subjects, future graduates may be more in tune with society than ever
The Uses and Gratification theory by Elihu Katz came into existence when the theorist concocted the idea that individuals utilize the media to their advantage. The point of view rose in the mid 1970 's as Katz and his two associates, Jay Blumler and Michael Gurevitch kept on extending the thought. The theory was contemporary since it repudiated more seasoned perspectives that expected the gathering of people was an inactive gathering. The Uses and Gratifications Approach sees the gathering of people as dynamic, implying that they effectively search out particular media and substance to accomplish certain outcomes or delights that fulfill their own needs.
Pop culture, short for popular culture, is the entirety of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, images, and other phenomena that are within the mainstream of a given culture (Wilson, 2014). It refers to products that are generally recognized and enjoyed by the majority of the people ((Wilson, 2014). Pop culture is manifested around the world through movies, music, television shows, newspapers, satellite broadcasts, food and clothing, sports, news (as in people/places in news), politics, and technology (West, 2016). Internet and social media also play a huge role in pop culture. Pop culture is almost often, if not always, interesting and appealing to most people.
Over the last few decades, the world has witnessed the evolution of many different aspects of popular cultures, such as movies, technology, music, and fashion. Although the medium of Pop Culture has a lot to do with whether or not it actually causes change or if it just reflects on what has taken place. The general trend is that Pop Culture is utilized to reflect changes in people’s attitudes and beliefs, and only in rare instances does it actually cause significant changes. Movies in the 1970s and 80s are prime examples of how popular culture reflects on what is going on in society at the time, however, technological advancements in the 1990s is an anomalous example of when popular culture has caused changes in society.
People are immersed in popular culture during most of our waking hours. It is on radio, television, and our computers when we access the Internet, in newspapers, on streets and highways in the form of advertisements and billboards, in movie theaters, at music concerts and sports events, in supermarkets and shopping malls, and at religious festivals and celebrations (Tatum,
Attracting much attention on entertainment or news to allow people to talk about your brand. Viral Marketing: Developing amusing or informational messages that are designed to be passed along in an exponential fashion, often electronically or by email. Community Marketing: