how stories live and die in viral culture Wasik, Bill. creator text nyu New York Viking 2009 monographic eng

print

202 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. And Then There's This is Bill Wasik's journey along the unexplored frontier of the twenty-first century's rambunctious new-media culture. He covers this world in part as a journalist, following "buzz bands" as they rise and fall in the online music scene, visiting with viral marketers and political trendsetters and online provocateurs. But he also wades in as a participant, conducting his own hilarious experiments: an e-mail fad (which turned into the worldwide "flash mob" sensation), a viral website in a month-long competition, a fake blog that attempts to create "antibuzz," and more. --from publisher description My crowd (The Mob Project) -- Annuals (Stop Peter Bjorn and John ) -- I have a meme (The right-wing New York Times) -- Agent Zero (Bill Shiller) -- Nanopolitics (Oppodepot.com). Bill Wasik. Includes index. Internet Social aspects Information society Psychological aspects Internet users Psychology Blogs Social aspects HM851 .W38 2009 303.48/33 9780670020843 0670020842 2009004100 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/2009004100-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/2009004100-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1204/2009004100-s.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/2009004100-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/2009004100-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1204/2009004100-s.html DLC 090204 20230925090909.0 15610755