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Micah L. Sifry, 09/25/2008 - 3:33pm
Ever wanted to be able to show someone exactly how a "meme" moves across the web in real-time? Anthony Hamelle of Linkfluence has posted a video doing exactly that. He zeroes in on two political videos that made a big splash at the height of summer: the McCain campaign's successful viral attack on Barack Obama as a "Celeb," which compared him to Paris Hilton and Britney Spears in the wake of his European tour and scored well over a million views; and Paris Hilton's snarky response, which ultimately overtook McCain with something over three million views.
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Ari Melber, 04/01/2008 - 10:46am
Big Think aims for highbrow web intellectualism and networked conversation -- is it working?
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Micah L. Sifry, 05/18/2007 - 4:17pm
Our "2008 Web Video Odyssey," which was produced by the good folks at PoliticsTV, is up on YouTube:
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