What is a viral video and how do they become viral? Viral videos are videos posted on the internet that are passed around until they are extremely popular. These videos are normally home-made and are made popular by word-of-mouth. They are called viral because they spread almost like an epidemic or disease. I will be looking at the definition of a viral video. When viral videos became known and took the name viral. I will look at the all time most viral videos. I want to research the progression of some top viral videos. I want to see where viral videos are headed. Are the first viral videos more interesting than viral videos today? How to make a video that will go viral! Lastly, I will be looking at profits of viral videos and the owners of YouTube. I think that viral videos have a huge impact on society especially since with everyday technology advances and more people are becoming technologically savvy. As technological use increases things like viral videos become more and more popular due to increase usage of sites like YouTube. Overall, I want to see the progression of online videos to viral videos with the progression of the internet use and word-of-mouth. When did the internet and viral videos become so popular to the point there are shows on television (The Soup and Tosh.0) that are dedicated to viral videos.
EDIT: I need to look more into the start of YouTube and how it got started. The start of Youtube is really when people started posting videos online and that's when videos started going "viral". My favorite part so far is being able to see the videos and comments made by viewers. Some of the websites that I have found give a little background detail into the video and then almost an update on where the video maker is today. Most "viral" videos that are extremely popular have made some of the movie makers money too.
I think that you have a good start to your abstract. You can tell what your stance is on the topic but this seems to be more of a summary of your overall paper. You need to include specifics about each subtopic that you'll include in your paper and you need to discuss what we'll learn about your topic and what kinds of implications and conclusions you'll make or want to end up making.
ReplyDeleteI think you are well are your way with your abstract. You know what you are going to be talking about... I think that something you could also consider is why are viral videos important or what kind of impact do they have on the on-line community? Who cares if a video is viral- answer the so what question. Def. a good start though. :)
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