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Friday, February 27, 2009
Bacon Anyone???
The cascade effect was in full effect as the web embraced bacon. Apparently, this is a reflection piece as bacon has gone the way of Spam for now. I wonder what is the ignition on the new media for weird fads like bacon. Explore the idea about how our 24 hour media and create, build, and destroy ideas and topics at the speed of light. Why bacon? Why not ham? Did a couple of guys sitting in a room decide bacon and then flood the media? Make sure to watch the video for the juicy details.
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this video was funny,it reminded me of something on SNL. I can understand that people take media charged ideas or styles and run with them.I thought it was cool that they used Pulp Fiction to promote bacon.This video is a comical aproach to the media promoting whatever they want.I bet the people that created this were just chillin and watching commericals thought how much is imposed upon us.
ReplyDeleteThe "bacon explosion" was credited to being brought on by the internet. The internet allows fads to be spread faster than ever. Yes, the bacon craze is on because my boyfriend really did buy bacon salt and baconaise. Its strange that a food became such a fad so quickly but the more I think about it the more bacon I have seen around lately.
ReplyDeleteThis is a larger trend that started back when the Atkins diet got popular; when it was suddenly ok to eat lots of meat as part of one's "healthy diet" chefs and restaurants started experimenting with bacon; so the pop-culture wave was actually the second wave in this trend, and then the NYT jumped on it just in time for the third and (the video speculates) final wave. Although, IMHO, there is nothing that is not improved with the addition of bacon!
ReplyDeleteAll this talk about bacon is making me hungry. Snack time.
ReplyDeleteWhy not ham? Because bacon is amazing!! You can’t put ham on just about everything and have it taste absolutely delicious. Sorry for that outburst.
ReplyDeleteBut in all seriousness, it is very interesting how the media can fuel such a random trend. It seems like if consumers show just the least bit of interest in a topic, the media will tear the idea apart and do studies or surveys on every aspect of it. I guess they have to report on what pulls viewers in, whether that be a topic some people might see as ridiculous, like bacon (I’m not one of those people), or
on something more serious, like the elections. Another example of a bizarre recent trend was the “Facebook 25 Things” fad where people posted 25 things about themselves in Facebook notes. It wasn’t long before The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/05/AR2009020502252.html?sid=ST2009020603716&s_pos=top)
and the NY Times were covering the idea (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/fashion/05things.html?_r=2) in an attempt to cash in on the fad and pull in a new, younger group of readers.