You are responsible for developing a minimum of three videos. In the development of your videos, you should apply the evidence from your research. Stated differently, the factors you found to be associated with viral content in your research should be included in the video.
If you found/are finding that duration, genre, and emotional appeal are associated with viral content, you must create a video that is the appropriate duration, in the appropriate genre, and has emotional appeal. Your goal is to create a viral video. However, I understand that may not occur.
Consequently, you should seek to get as many views as possible.
Research Project Proposal:
What Causes Virality?
The beginning of the twenty first century has been marked by countless advancements in technology. Computers are a household fixture, essentially everyone has a cell phone, and information can cross the globe with the click of a button.
With the enhanced interconnectedness of our world, videos have become a favored method for sharing information. This is especially effective when videos go viral, or are rapidly circulated around the Internet and other mediums.
In order to create effective videos, organizations need to consider what factors play a role in making a video viral. In our research we will explore how the video length, music presence, content, and purpose of a video affect the number of views it receives.
Dependent Variable:
To determine the virality of a video, the number of views will be used.
Independent Variables:
1. Length of video (minutes and seconds)
2. Music presence (no music, with music)
3. Content of video (Music, comedy, or news)
4. Purpose of the video (To entertain, persuade, or inform)
RQ: Does the length of a video and music presence affect the number of views of a video?
As a business, it's essential to market yourself over many different mediums, making use of multiple channels. Adjusting your business to appear over many social media outlets to gain movement and followers.
In fact, several studies have been performed regarding virality as it pertains to an organization's marketing presence.
Using this information, it becomes a viable option to create processes specifically for a business to upload videos online to promote itself.
Social media has grown at an extremely high rate over the last decade and many academic articles support this as a practical option for any business, small or large, to market itself.
The author(s) certify that sufficient research exists in the topic area to support the research question.
You are responsible for developing a minimum of three videos. In the development of your videos, you should apply the evidence from your research. Stated differently, the factors you found to be associated with viral content in your research should be included in the video.
If you found/are finding that duration, genre, and emotional appeal are associated with viral content, you must create a video that is the appropriate duration, in the appropriate genre, and has emotional appeal.
Your goal is to create a viral video. However, I understand that may not occur. Consequently, you should seek to get as many views as possible.