Viral Videos

Modern day hysteria issues when a particular video on the internet goes crazy. The URL of the video in question spread like wildfire, being posted on people’s facbeook pages and shared on twitter. These posts are seen, liked and shared. It can happen so rapidly that hundreds of thousands of people are exposed to the content within a very limited amount of time. 

A viral video can have major effects for the for the people involved in content. Earlier in the semester we discussed the case of Jarrid Tansey. After the video of him being accosted while delivering pizza, a Kickstarter campaign began that at this point has provided hime with over 30,000 dollars that he will use to pay for his children’s education. 

The online personality known by the name “Jenna Marble’s” attributes her entire career to one of her videos “How to Trick People in to Thinking Your Good Looking” going viral. She used youtube as a platform to share short videos she made with her friends. She didn’t really understand the everyone on the internet had access to her content. Soon after she posted the video her friends started sharing the video and within a couple of week it had over 4000,000 views. She Continued to make videos on youtube, and today she has over 14 million subscribers, the most for any female You-Tuber. 

A video going viral can be a career maker for any content creator, some have had to do it the old fashioned way. Grace Helbig who just landed her own show within traditional media. slowly built her audience over a 5 year period. A video going viral may be a quick way to fame, but it can’t be forced. So those wanting to be internet-famous, might just have to be patient and understand that it can take time to build a following. 

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