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Ellen DeGeneres's Oscars selfie

Moment · 2014 · Niche

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An Oscars group selfie passed two million retweets before the broadcast ended.

The Ellen Show

@TheEllenShow · Mar 3, 2014

If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars http://t.co/C9U5NOtGap

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Original · Bradley Cooper / Ellen DeGeneres
If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars http://t.co/C9U5NOtGap
@TheEllenShow on X
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 handset photographed by Kārlis Dambrāns; CC BY 2.0.
Kārlis Dambrāns / Wikimedia Commons
#Busted: Ellen’s Oscars selfie switcheroo | CNN Business
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#sealfie campaign misguided, activists claim | Globalnews.ca
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How it works
ReachNo data yetContagion20Breadth40Velocity65Longevity031

Numbers

Seed to milestone
same day
Mar 3 ’14 to Mar 3 ’14
Platforms
3
Started on X
Origin
Mixed
Entertainment

Mechanics

  • Real-world spectaclePrimary
  • Response chain
  • Press loop
  • Controversy

How it spread

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DeGeneres posted Cooper's Oscars selfie and asked viewers to retweet it, passing two million before the broadcast ended. Press, parodies and a charity donation followed. The peak anchor records that launch-night milestone rather than a measured attention maximum.

Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak.

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  1. March 2014

    Ellen DeGeneres precursor · Mar 3 ’14

    DeGeneres asked Oscars viewers to help break the retweet record before posting the photograph.[1]

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  2. @TheEllenShow / Bradley Cooper seed · Mar 3 ’14

    DeGeneres posted Cooper's group selfie at 03:06 UTC during the live Oscars broadcast.[2][3][4]

    If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars http://t.co/C9U5NOtGap

  3. The Hollywood Reporter press · Mar 3 ’14

    THR covered the selfie and reported more than 750,000 retweets in its first 45 minutes.[3]

  1. owner response · Mar 3 ’14

  2. milestone · Mar 3 ’14

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Sector
Entertainment
Region
US
Reported figure
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Evidence
Grade B

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