http://becomingviral.com Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:55:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Paris Hilton might seem a vapid spoiled annoyance on the pop culture landscape but she is smarter then she looks. When McCain put out an attack ad against Barack Obama that featured her, her response was swift and even a bit clever, see for yourself: See Paris Hilton Responds to McCain ... http://becomingviral.com/?p=7 There is an interesting twist in the phenomenon of viral videos and that has to do with determining authenticity. The following article carefully details several viral videos that were staged. Article here. http://becomingviral.com/?p=6 The folks over at Jib Jab are quite adept with Viral Videos From Wikipedia: JibJab is a digital entertainment studio based in Venice, California. Founded in 1999 by Evan and Gregg Spiridellis, the company achieved international acclaim during the 2004 US presidential election when their video of George Bush and John Kerry ... http://becomingviral.com/?p=5 So lets say you have a video of something. Lets say it is even up on YouTube. But what if you want this video (whether it be a clever political message or your hamster doing backflips) to really spread virally? Well there is a new service that will help spread ... http://becomingviral.com/?p=4 From Wikipedia, a viral video is defined as: The term viral video refers to video clip content which gains widespread popularity through the process of Internet sharing, typically through email or IM messages, blogs and other media sharing websites. The goal of this website is to be a great resource for ... http://becomingviral.com/?p=1