The Dark Knight Viral: Why So Serious? Case Study

Fri, Jun 26, 2009
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This is The Dark Knight Viral “Why So Serious?” Case Study. The “Why So Serious?” campaign won the Cannes 2009 Cyber Grand Prix in the viral category. It was a huge global success, with over 10 million unique players participating! It was created by 42 Entertainment.

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    1 Comments For This Post

    1. Owen Richard Kindig Says:

      As a viral campaign, amazing and impressive.
      As for the social implications of the story, that’s another matter…

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