Summer 2014 was full of viral messaging, complete with unique memes for fundraising (the Ice Bucket Challenge), a Kickstarter campaign..
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“My true religion is Kindness.”–HH Dalai Lama This is one of many wisdom quotes featured in “The Dalai Lama Film,”..
208 girls were abducted from a boarding school in Nigeria three weeks ago by a militant terrorist group, Boko Haram…
It’s no secret that The Viral Media Lab is a fan of social change documentaries. We’ve featured posts on feature..
Designer Suzanne Lee shares her experiments in growing a kombucha-based material that can be used like fabric or vegetable leather..
What happens when a social cause movement becomes famous without a leader? One such example is the hacktivist collective Anonymous,..
If there is no free speech, every single life has lived in vain.”–Ai WeiWei Ai WeiWei, the Chinese-born impresario of..
Celebrity Energy: #NoFrackingWay: Mark Ruffalo, Yoko Ono and The Anti-Fracking Movement In 2010, the Emmy-awarded documentary Gasland, by activist Josh..
When Buzzfeed asked Kevin Spacey about his ‘mani-pedi’ he looked at the reporter with “are you crazy” eyes. What the..
Illuminating a light bulb has become a symbol for a bright idea, and an emblem of “genius.” Often the idea..
You may remember this iconic storm spiral. Her name is Superstorm Sandy. She hit landfall off the East Coast on..
At the launch of the Omega Center for Women’s Leadership in September 2012, Eve Ensler debuted her drumbeat call for..
The shorthand capacity of the GIF has aided and abetted viral meaning blitzes to such an effective degree, the..
Do you or do you know anyone who: Make memes from images found on the internet? Sharing files with friends?..
All pictures painted inside, in the studio, will never be as good as those done outside.–Paul Cezanne People ask why..
When Twitter launched its 140 character micro blogging site in 2006, no one could have predicted its rise to influence..
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It's shocking that there are still climate change deniers in our society. Donald Trump, one of the leading presidential candidates, has actually claimed […]
I had never heard of Ai WeiWei before this post but I find that any artist that sacrifices their own personal security and wellbeing in […]
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Ai WeiWei is just the coolest person. He takes risks and uses objects for a purpose to tell a story. I thought bringing a […]