Digital In-Depth
Ananya Saha
Oct 22, 2013

Double standards: Why aren’t brand videos riding the viral waves?

Psy, Kolaveri, etc. took the virtual world by storm. Can brand virals be as powerful? If not, why not? Ananya Saha asks Prashanth Challapalli and Samar Singh Sheikhawat.

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