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Going Viral


Going Viral


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von: Karine Nahon, Jeff Hemsley

17,99 €

Verlag: Wiley
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 03.03.2014
ISBN/EAN: 9780745674230
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 200

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We live in a world where a tweet can be instantly retweeted and read by millions around the world in minutes, where a video forwarded to friends can destroy a political career in hours, and where an unknown man or woman can become an international celebrity overnight. Virality: individuals create it, governments fear it, companies would die for it. <br /> <br />So what is virality and how does it work? Why does one particular video get millions of views while hundreds of thousands of others get only a handful? In Going Viral, Nahon and Hemsley uncover the factors that make things go viral online. They analyze the characteristics of networks that shape virality, including the crucial role of gatekeepers who control the flow of information and connect networks to one another. They also explore the role of human attention, showing how phenomena like word of mouth, bandwagon effects, homophily and interest networks help to explain the patterns of individual behavior that make viral events. <br /> <br />Drawing on a wide range of examples, from the Joseph Kony video to the tweet that spread the news that Osama Bin Laden was dead, from the video of Homer Simpson voting in the US elections to the photo of a police officer pepper-spraying students at the University of California Davis, this path-breaking account of viral events will be essential reading for students, scholars, politicians, policymakers, executives, artists, musicians and anyone who wants to understand how our world today is being shaped by the flow of information online.
List of Figures <p>List of Tables</p> <p>Acknowledgements</p> <p>Prolog</p> <p>Cover Art</p> <p>1 Introduction: Virality of pets and presidents</p> <p>2 What Virality is: I know it when I see it</p> <p>3 What Makes Something Viral I: The control of networks through Gatekeeping</p> <p>4 What Makes Something Viral II: What is everyone looking at?</p> <p>5 What Makes Something Viral III: Caught in the Viral Net!</p> <p>6 Networked changed societies</p> <p>7 Afterlife</p> <p>Bibliography</p> <p>Notes</p>
<p><i><b>Going Viral</b></i> has won the <b>2014 Best Book Award</b> by <b>ASIS&T</b> (Association of Information Science and Technology), and was named an <b>Outstanding Academic Title</b> by <b><i>Choice Magazine</i></b> (Association of College and Research Libraries).</p> <p>"This concise and insightful book targets a niche topic in the studies of digital media that is becoming increasingly relevant to the public. It considers many questions and successfully accomplishes what it sets out to do. Students of media, digital worlds, and information will not be disappointed."<br />—<i><b>LSE Review of Books</b></i></p> <p>"Virality is what make societies click at the pulse of the Internet. It is at the heart of the new forms of commerce, culture, media, social movements, and politics. This pathbreaking book explains what it is, how it works technologically and socially, and draws out the implications of this process for social change. It is a major contribution to network theory and to the understanding of the network society."<br />—<b>Manuel Castells, University of Southern California</b></p> <p>"Ever wonder why a video, meme, or idea spreads like wildfire online? In 'Virality', Nahon and Hemsley examine the technology, social practices, and cultural conditions that enable media to go viral. This illuminating book gets beyond marketing hype to provide critical insights for understanding the powerful phenomenon of virality. This is a must-read for anyone trying to make sense of how information flows in a networked world."<br />—<b>Danah Boyd, Microsoft Research</b></p> <p>"From Rosa Parks to Gangham style--a fascinating look at a defining phenomena of our age- virality, spreading, winner-take-all success. It is more than a fad-- <i>Going Viral</i> offers a compelling argument that viral processes are here to stay, and they are an essential feature of the online fabric."<br />—<b>Albert-László Barabási, Northeastern University</b></p>
<b>Karine Nahon</b> is associate professor at the Information School, University of Washington, where she is also director of the Virality of Information (retroV) research group and former director of the Center for Information & Society. <p><b>Jeff Hemsley</b> is Assistant Professor in the School of Information Studies, Syracuse University, New York.</p>

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