Blogging from the Highlands of Scotland
'From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step' - Diderot

Friday 6 October 2006

Genuine commentary or viral advertising for 'webcameron'?

I came across this video on YouTube. It is a commentary on David Cameron's recent launch of his 'webcameron' videoblog - link here. As the comment which already appears on YouTube makes clear, the commenter and me (at least) are left wondering whether this is a genuine commentary by a younger Briton on what Cameron hopes will be an innovative way of making contact with a wider range of people in Britain, particularly younger people, or whether it is one of these 'viral adverts' one hears so much about. In summary, I haven't yet entirely made my mind up whether I'm actually buying into clever viral advertising propaganda by posting about it, but for what it is worth here it is:

No comments:

Post a Comment

Welcome to my comment area. Whilst all comment is welcome you are requested to respect the views of others. To read full terms for use of this facility, please visit my 'Terms of Use' section, linked to under the 'About this Blog' heading at top right of the blog. Note added 12JUL2010 - All comments will now be pre-moderated before they appear in this blog; this is a measure to prevent 'spam' commenting, which has become frequent of late. Thank you.