Summary:
In Jack Solomon and Sonia Maasik's "Semiotics and the New Media", one part talks about how easy it is for news to go viral. News on the Internet is "available 24/7 and constantly being updated" (448), so it can be accessed by anyone at any time. Two examples were given about how fast information can be leaked, and how sometimes what we read on the Internet may only be a glimpse of the truth, even if it is or seems like it is from a valid source. One of these examples talked about how a clip from a speech someone had made was posted to a blog and that single clip went viral. This clip, however, made the speaker sound like she was being racist. But in reality, she was talking about a time when she "overcame her own racial prejudices" (448).
Response:
Regarding social media, it is incredibly easy for something, such as a video or a statement someone made, to go viral. News and other information is shared through reblogging, reposting, or any other sharing option provided by these sites. Information can travel all throughout the world wide web just by a few people clicking a single button, Even meaningless things, such as the Nyan Cat video, can go viral. Whether it be something absolutely love, or something everyone hates with a burning passion, anything has the ability to be known and/or seen by billion of people on the Internet.
I agree with you Kyla that pretty much anything can go viral quickly. As so many people use social networking sites and constantly checking their profiles, anything can be the topic of discussion in a matter of hours. For example, pretty much anything that a celerity does goes viral like it was meant to be adertised. Such as when wide raceiver Ray Rice punched his wife in the face, on an elevator and now that is all he is known for.
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