Meme

reproduced. This is the gene’s eye view which is the world in the genes perspective. Memes are just like genes in the sense that they are also fighting to be reproduced and advance from one to another. Popular beliefs is a form that a meme can take; they can range from scientific or historic or to even something really silly. No matter what the meme or belief is accuracy is very significant. If someone is spreading a meme then they have the responsibility to make sure whatever they are sharing…

term, ‘meme’, was conceived by Richard Dawkins as a way to describe how information spreads socially. The usage of the term has gradually matured into what is generally understood as today when somebody refers to a ‘meme’. With the rise of the internet and social media, memes can be rapidly produced and shared instantly to the entire world. Most popular memes today are screenshots, photos, or videos of someone or something, which is then turned into an alternate meaning. For example, the meme…

Memes have been created as interesting form of cultural expression. They can appear to be very stupid, and a lot of them are, but they have the ability to make a commentary about what is going on in society whether it’s direct or in direct. Memes are like tiny satires, ridiculing the actions and words of some people in order to make some sort of point or even more often a joke. There are memes about athletes and sports, celebrities, and actions of a more general population (i.e. white girls,…

that claimed he was the King of Frog Memes” and that he would give Dat Boi a superpower; the power of speed. He was amazed at the opportunity and accepted the gift. Dat Boi went to both postsecondary and secondary school in Texas, and graduated. He got a degree in memes and was going to go through to become an “Instagram Meme Account Administrator” where he could express himself by sending memes to all of his lucky followers. After getting a degree in Dank Memes he stopped because he wanted to…

them to parasites infecting the host...and showed how mutually assisting memes will gang together in groups just as genes do” (36). In this case of capitalism, it has jumped from person to person because we are allowing it to. Blackmore states that “- their only interest is their own replication; all they want is to be passed on to the next generation” (38). Memes use us to serve their purpose. Blackmore’s concept of how memes are spread could be related to Hochschild’s description of how…

To begin the world has a certain way of controlling people. The study of memes which is brought to light by Dr. Susan Blackmore who devotes her research on memes and how they attach onto their host which she argues in her article, “Strange Creatures.” In “Who Holds the Clicker?”, Lauren Slater elaborates on a man named Mario Della Grotta who suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Slater uses Mario Grotta as an example because of the simple fact that he cannot live his life to the…

the lack of empathy influenced the proliferation of certain narratives in the media in cases of police brutality. One of the biggest examples of this was the “meme-ification” of Trayvon’s death that was not only incredibly crass, but also reflective of past commodification of Black trauma like minstrel shows. Also, Noble argues that this meme-ification being allowed under the guise of free speech and intellectual property is indicative of the strength this dominant narrative can take hold when…

Introduction This essay will be discussing Multimodal discourse analysis looking at Gunther Kress’s article on discourse analysis and also looking at other theories of multimodality that can help explain how meaning making is achieved and use relevant examples as part of the discussion. Multimodal discourse analysis “choice leads to selection” Multimodal discourse analysis is the study of language not only through text and speech but mixed together with other tools or modes such as, pictures…

not whether his effort equates to “failure.” Subsequently, perhaps it is better to fail than not to fail at all, because failing implies effort towards learning and expanding, while no failure at all implies no effort whatsoever! Furthermore, this meme, along with its convincing features and motivational content, serves the purpose of further advancing the growth all minds, especially those struggling with overcoming…

accomplish this goal, one needs assistances from memes who, “jump from ‘brain to brain via the process which, in the broad sense, can be called an imitation” (Blackmore 36). Over the prodigious majority of imitations meandering around us humans, the adaptation of new memes re-socializes…