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    Interview With Franchesca Ramsey

    Franchesca Ramsey is a graphic designer, comedian and vlogger based out of New York. With over 15,000 subscribers and over 2,000 weekly viewers to her blog, Franchesca’s posts cover a range of topics including fashion, personal style, pop culture, design and comedy. Her most popular and successful videos are those that deal with hairstyling for African American women with natural or non-processed hair. In 2008 Franchesca was selected by YouTube and People.com as their official Red Carpet Reporter at the [...]

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    TV Reporter Takes Half Court Shot Backwards

    This morning I found this video on Digg of a TV Reporter making a half-court backwards shot while talking about another impossible shot taken by a teacher at the school. Play by play TV Reporter: “What was suppose to be a prank on a teacher. Instead backfired on the students. A blindfold at half court shot that is now the talk of campus and beyond.” TV Reporter shoots the ball over his back at half court and makes it with [...]

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  • Smosh, Michael Buckley and Ze Frank ink development deals

    Music by Evan There is no guarantee of success if you are an internet celebrity transitioning to Hollywood. We may have seen wild successes, but the uncertainty of abandoning the web in hopes of being big in Hollywood can end in a no win situation. Today DECA, a digital entertainment company, announced that it’s investing in the YouTube sensation Smosh to make original content for the web. The deal will make them an exclusive business partner in marketing and distribution. [...]

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  • Twitter, YouTube and Communities via spam bots

    In today’s society the fights we get into online often materialize in the real world, sometimes resulting in negative social interactions all together. Lisa Nova likely used bots to build her friends and subscribers on YouTube and despite the backlash, is currently one of the most subscribed-to on YouTube. I appreciate Ze Frank’s Color War approach, however I’m more fascinated in the relationship and the connections we make online. Ze started the game and everyone joined in to pick a [...]

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  • Internet People Fame Survey

    For the first Pop17 show I went to Washington Square Park to ask people if they knew about some people on the Internet. I took the survey at random making sure to include a variation of ages. Everyone knew what a celebrity is, but only a few were knowledgeable about this fairly popular phenomenon, online. It’s surprising how many people I surveyed knew little to nothing about anyone famous online. The Internet enhances our communication which encourages a newfound self-awareness [...]

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