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CHIT CHAT: F9 ROULETTE & KEEP YOUR PANTS ON

Mashable: “Other points of interest from the interview are the fact that Ternovskiy has yet to collect his Google AdWords earnings, as he’s is still under 18, that he’s been offered a $1 million buy-out, and that last month 30 … Continue reading

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THE DISPOSABLE NATURE OF ANONYMOUS: Why /b/ So Serious?

The idea of anonymity is a very powerful thing…With complete anonymity, the 4Chan online community boasts 700,000 daily users that work to “create, remix and and popularize” memes and imagery within, maintaining “a language, ethics and set of activities that … Continue reading

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SHARE THE LOUD HAILER: If It Doesn’t Spread Its Dead.

Or, similarly, “It don’t mean a thing, if it ain’t got that swing.” Fans reject the idea of a definitive version produced, authorized, and regulated by some media conglomerate. Instead, fans envision a world where all of us can participate … Continue reading

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HEY Playboy! SPREAD or go DEAD: Go #@+* Participation…

In Barbara Ehrenreich‘s book, Hearts of Men, she talks about the launching of Playboy in 1953. At that time, a man who stayed single was suspected of homosexuality. The idea of being straight, of sound mind and body, and unmarried … Continue reading

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“CULTURAL ACUPUNCTURE” : APPROPRIATION & HIPSTER REBELLION

Pick your protest.Is this wave of political activism, from Black Bloc to Tea Party different from past manifestations? Every era has unique twists, but they are each not as different as you may think.  This time it’s different?… Natalie Zemon … Continue reading

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EMBODIED MEANING & COMPREHENDING A CONTEXT

The video parodies of the German film ”The Downfall” have become an internet phenomenon. Only under the ”Secret powers of time” could these events happen.  The mash-ups and photocollages of this film and reveals how pleasurable the re-organizing and re-contextualizing … Continue reading

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THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOYS

There is a great deal of definitional ”fuzziness” regarding the term viral media. it has become very clear in the world of marketing and media that viral media, is subject to multiple and often conflicting interpretations , with one constant; … Continue reading

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MEMES IN OUR GENES

In the digital age its becoming of becoming of greater importance to understand  the idea of “meme” — a unit of cultural information. The concept has been neatly expressed  in Henry Jenkins’s white paper, If It Doesn’t Spread, It’s Dead. … Continue reading

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MEMES & MASHUP THEMES

”Henry ( Jenkins ) argues that spreadability adds value to an idea by allowing the idea to inhabit different contexts. He states: Rather than emphasizing the direct replication of “memes,” a spreadable model assumes that the repurposing and transformation of media … Continue reading

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