Chapter 1: Introduction The significance of having to deal with the sense of purpose in everything that had been done is highly seen on this era. There is no other way in summarizing how the world is viewed with the ideals and perspectives as of what it has been dictated to, by the norms and regulations to what an individual has to be or must at least contain. The fact that media has solidified the foundations of billions of people of how they must move is then either a predicament for such insane follow-the-crowd theme or then the other way around. If and then that is the conclusion of our generation, along side with it, is the rise of business marketing, which advances to social hegemony, that of which may have been because of the need or want of fortune and success. It then defines that; marketers take advantages of such, or to a much lighter sense –an opportunist. To how it is then connected is through the role of advertising. It is the common denominator of the two subjects as of what was mentioned earlier, respectfully with the former, the world of media, and the latter, the marketing aspect. Its greatest pet as of today would be the social media, in other terms –social networking sites. To further understand what the study is about, we the must at least identify the values that advertisers used to create such viral ads. May it be of the themes or genres, possibly intertwined with the audiences it was passed on, in which, former studies suggested that sex, humor and violence are the best at enticing mass audiences of youth ranging from 18-30, who has extroverted personalities or possibly engaged in outgoing activities. While to reach the other side of the masses, an idea of stirring up an emotion, either by scaring or shocking is another way of capturing the said viewers as for the passed-on viral ad. Fortunately this idea is considerably a known fact as of as a grounding situation here in
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