2012 Webby Awards
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The 16th annualWebby Awardsfor 2012 were held at theHammerstein Ballroomin New York City on May 21, 2012, and hosted by comedianPatton Oswalt.[1][2]Winners were selected from among roughly 10,000 entries and voting by the public for the People's Choice Award was available prior to April 26.[3]The awards ceremony was streamed live in HD on its website.[4]
Newly added to this ceremony were awards for the categories "Mobile Advertising," "Corporate Social Responsibility," and "Best Meme." The "Best Meme" Category represented the first time that there would be no individual credit and no award recipient apart from the meme itself.[5]
Nominees and winners[edit]
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| Category | Webby Award winner | People's Voice winner | Other nominees |
| Games | androp "Bell" music video game (Archived 18 May 2012viaWayback) |
Disney.com/Games (Archived 14 April 2012viaWayback) |
FunGoPlay (Archived 10 May 2012viaWayback) |
| Scratch Pad Fever (Archived 17 May 2012viaWayback) | |||
| The End (http://theend.wedonicethings.com/) | |||
| Games-Related | GameTrailers |
Twitch (Archived 20 May 2012viaWayback) |
EA (Archived 22 May 2012viaWayback) |
| G4TV.COM Comic-Con site | |||
| GameSpot | |||
| Mobile & Apps - Games-Handheld Devices | Heineken Star Player |
The Adventures of Timmy: Run Kitty Run (Archived 13 May 2012viaWayback) |
LEGO Life of George (http://kukijar.com/lego/) |
| ToyToyota "Backseat Driver" (Archived 12 May 2012viaWayback) | |||
| Ultimate Shuffleboard (Archived 30 May 2012viaWayback) | |||
| Mobile & Apps - Games-Tablet & All Other Devices | MINI Maps (Archived 12 May 2012viaWayback) |
Contre Jour | |
| OLO (Archived 18 May 2012viaWayback) | |||
| Real Racing 2 HD | |||
| Touchgrind BMX | |||
| Interactive Advertising - Game or Application | SPENT |
Domino's Pizza Hero |
MINI Maps (Archived 12 May 2012viaWayback) |
| Nike FightWinter | |||
| Red Bull Formula Face (Archived 30 May 2012viaWayback) | |||
| School / University | Chicago Portfolio School | Siegel+Gale
A Window on a Creative World the University of the Arts http://www.uarts.edu/ |
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| Online Film & Video: Variety | Lynn Hirschbeg's Screen Tests TED Talks Whatks Trending with Shira Lazar Backstage at the Tonight Show Between Two Ferns |
The Morning After (HDI Films) Is Gray the New Blonde (AARP) You've Got Unscripted: Muppets (AOL) Cambridge Nights (MIT Media Lab) A Spoonful of Paolo PBS Arts: Off Book The Franki Show |
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References[edit]
Winners and nominees are generally named according to the organization or website winning the award, although the recipient is, technically, theweb designfirm or internal department that created the winning site and in the case ofcorporate websites,the designer's client. Web links are provided for informational purposes, both in the most recently availablearchive.orgversion before the awards ceremony and, where available, the current website. Many older websites no longer exist, are redirected, or have been substantially redesigned.
- ^Staff. "The 16th Annual Webby Awards Nominees Announced."Wireless News.18 April 2012.
- ^Staff. "16th Annual Webby Awards Release Nominees."Entertainment Close-up.13 April 2012.
- ^Staff. "The 16th Annual Webby Awards Nominees Announced."Entertainment Close-up.22 April 2012.
- ^Staff. "DDB Worldwide Group Bags 10 Wins at 16th Annual Webby Awards."China Weekly News.15 May 2012.
- ^Hesse, Monica. "Webby Awards find meaning in memes."The Washington Post.20 May 2012.