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Shifts and nuances in the way we communicate online.
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KazzaDrask Media
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If you have Facebook, then chances are yesterday your feed was bombarded with people sharing a curious video wherein a bunch of "strangers" kiss one another. ... If I sound cynical, apologies. But hey, as it turns out, most of the “strangers” are actors, models, and/or in OK Go (it seems to be an unbreakable law of YouTube that all viral videos have to include OK Go somehow). And the video is an advertisement for clothes — an advertisement that has been watched 24 MILLION TIMES in two days! 
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The past year saw a lot of changes in social media. Google's social site, Google+, saw huge growth and more activity, LinkedIn really got in the game, and Pinterest continued to pull in more traffic and more sales. Visuals also really became front and center and led the way for infographics, Vine video, and Instagram. To some degree, however, we're still finding our way in social. So many sites, so little time...
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A live stream on YouTube provided by the nonprofit news organization The Texas Tribune went viral and gave the Texas state senator Wendy Davis a national platform in her quest to halt a state bill that would severely restrict abortion.
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Here's the one. The one that will join the Daisy Girl/Mushroom Cloud, Willie Horton and Swift Boats when we talk about political ads in the future. Writer, director and actress Lena Dunham equates voting for the first time with another big first. It should be "amazing" and girls, it should be with a guy "who cares about and understands women.
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Google said it would not comply with a White House request to reconsider the anti-Islam video that has set off violent protests, saying it did not violate its terms of service regarding hate speech.
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American psychos and their online footprints, blocking your friends' annoying baby photos, texting for dollars, YouTube saves the Olympics, mobile shopping habits and what is the Internet? That's what people are talking about online this week. Come join the conversation.
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Much is being written on this 50th anniversary of screen legend Marilyn Monroe's death. Years before YouTube, decades before digital media - Marilyn had fame beyond today's social media style comprehension. Enjoy a minute or so of her second life as she lives on - virtually.
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Cell phones in the toilet, foul balls to the chest, new uses for old payphones, that annoying Gotye song, a Silicon Valley reality show and light up prayer mats that let you know you're facing Mecca. We don't make this stuff up. Find out what people are talking about online this week and join the conversation, preferably from somewhere else besides a toilet seat.
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The Gregory Brothers present a musical video mash-up about what Mitt Romney likes — from lakes and trees to music and cars to grits and the movie “Twilight.” He doesn't like vampires, though.
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She's been described as "resembling a 1950s pinup, but with the legs of a W.N.B.A. point guard;" "bigger than fashion;" and "the Jayne Mansfield of the Internet.” Who is she? She's 19-year-old Kate Upton and she's gone from self-promoted YouTube sensation to Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover.
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Better late than never - the center of innovation is a bit late to the "Shit They Say" YouTube department, but this parody of how people talk in Silicon Valley has a lot of truth to it. Skeptical? Take a walk down University Avenue in Palo Alto around lunch time.
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This weekend's trending video, "Too Many Cooks," parodies 1980s TV and pop culture with a sinister twist.
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What a wild ride 2013 was, huh? So many memes, so many funny tweets, so many things on the Internet that infuriated us and made us think very hard about each other and also ourselves....
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You hungry, girl? This video of a hunky shirtless guy will teach you how to correctly pronounce some commonly mispronounced food items. You'll never say "quinoa" wrong again!
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Canadian pop star Carly Rae Jepsen's viral hit "Call Me Maybe" has been nominated for Song of the Year for the 2013 Grammy Awards. Does this surprise you? The song garnered more than 351,000,000 page views on YouTube which helped catapult it to the 14th most-watched YouTube video ever after teen heart throb Justin Bieber tweeted about it.
KazzaDrask Media's insight:
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Filmmaker Casey Neistat loves Instagram. He loves it so much he made this YouTube video to tell you why. And he offers up, in plain sight, some tips for what Instagram really is and how to use it. Think of your yellowing photo albums circa the mid-1980s. Now think of those albums on someone else's smart phone. Get it?
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This summer’s pop hit, Carly Rae Jepsen’s cheerfully flirty “Call Me Maybe,” shows how much the hitmaking machine, and the music industry, has been upended by social media.
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You may know YouTube primarily for its awesome sports highlights, classic TV clips and popular music videos, all of which are offered on-demand in easily clickable playback format. But the 2012 Olympics represent the service’s biggest live streaming effort ever. The Games also offer a window into the changing nature of online video and where YouTube is headed next.
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As a 12 year old, Jeremiah McDonald wanted to talk to his future self. It was a crazy idea. So, he made a video of himself talking to his future self. Flash forward to 2012 and Jeremiah is a filmmaker. He edits in the video of himself at 12 talking to him today.
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From
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If you've thought 'That Gotye Song' has been played so much that it "should be our national anthem," you're not alone. Kyle Kaplan and Nick Braun, best known as Michael Bernstein and Cameron Jones of the short-lived ABC Family sitcom '10 Things I Hate About You', star as every single person on Earth when Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" suddenly comes on the radio.
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From
issue03
When was the last time you went out to a movie theater to see a movie? How often have you heard about a movie and said, "I'll rent it" (or "get it on Netflix")?
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Soul Train host and producer Don Cornelius died this week of a self-inflicted gunshot. He was 75 and in poor health. His passing has spurred a look back at "the hippest trip in America". For over 35 years, Soul Train kicked down barriers and irrevocably changed the face of television. Boogie down memory lane by watching some clips on Soul Train's YouTube channel.
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