{"id":1215,"date":"2012-12-03T16:56:38","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T23:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lled368\/?p=1215"},"modified":"2012-12-03T16:56:38","modified_gmt":"2012-12-03T23:56:38","slug":"what-about-internet-memes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lled368\/2012\/12\/03\/what-about-internet-memes\/","title":{"rendered":"What about Internet Memes?"},"content":{"rendered":"

“An ‘Internet meme’ is a form or concept that spreads via the Web, whether through email forwarding, viral videos or blogs.\u2026 Although they may recede from view, memes never fully cease to exist, surviving \u2026 in the ever-expanding network of servers that make up the Internet. In the realm of digital memory, what seems to have disappeared may simply be lying dormant in the recesses of a hard drive.” (Copeland, 22)<\/p>\n

Internet memes come in many different genres. Like the quotation says, they can be email forwards, videos, blogs, and other things. These days, photo memes are everywhere. This is partially because they are so easy to make and distribute. <\/p>\n

For example, I downloaded a meme creator onto my phone and made a meme in about 10 minutes. This meme is one of the “first world problem” memes. I used a situation that happened to one of our classmates… and she agreed to model for the picture.<\/p>\n

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Furthermore, to emphasize just how quick and easy memes are to use and how important it is to teach students to use and create memes carefully, here is a little story. For those of you who are familiar with meme characters, you may know that there is one meme character named “bad luck Brian.” Brian is a normal kid from a high school who happened to have an awkward school photo taken. One of his classmates got ahold of his photo and created an internet meme out of it. Brian never agreed to be in a meme, but now his face is known by millions of people and there is no way for him to change that. Here is one of the memes about him:
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Actually, there are many meme characters already in use. Here is a photo of some of them… it is inviting you to use the characters to create your own memes.<\/p>\n

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And here is a video of where some of these faces came from:<\/p>\n

Where did the Meme characters come from?<\/a><\/p>\n

If you are interested in creating memes for possible classroom use (or even to teach children appropriate use of memes) here is a website you could use:
\nhttp:\/\/memegenerator.net\/Meme-Creator<\/p>\n

And the iphone app I used to create Melissa’s “first world problem” meme is called “just meme it”<\/p>\n

-Katie<\/p>\n

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\nCOPELAND, C. (2011). MUTATING MEMES. Afterimage, 39(3), 22-23<\/p>\n

Funnyjunk contributor: TexasChainsawDisco (2011). Meme Faces. Funnyjunk. http:\/\/www.funnyjunk.com\/funny_pictures\/1698834\/Meme\/<\/p>\n

Mobil contributor (2012). Bad luck Brian. Mobilbeta. http:\/\/memegenerator.net\/Meme-Creator<\/p>\n

Youtube contributor: Duffbeer96x (2012). The origins of meme. Youtube. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=z07TAM5Cc3A<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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