Macaca – Viral Video Case Study
December 11, 2006
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Remember “macaca” in the Allen v. Webb campaign?
Thanks to Colin Delany at e.politics, here is a case study underscoring that not all viral communication successes just happen. Delaney, reporting on a presentation by Webb campaign manager Jessica Vanden Berg, describes the old-fashioned media hustling that made “macaca” a household word … at least in Virginia political circles.
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