Tag Archives: Ben Huh

gender and feminism at a higher frequency

The ideologies of our views are often shaped by the portrayal of gender and sexuality we are exposed to. In fact gender appears to be the basic point of departure in any and all efforts to “divide and conquer”. Socialization … Continue reading

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Cheezburger all dressed with memes

Starve the little kitty? On the surface, it does appear frivolous that a company occupying itself with the creation and distribution of memes over the web would attract deep-pocketed interest from venture risk capital investors. The Cheezburger network received $30 … Continue reading

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TROPING ALONG WITH MY MEME

What is being developed is a new  alternative model for exchanging cultural products. There’s a whole other economy at work, traditionally in art and craft, now on the web in which people give to each other for socially motivated reasons … Continue reading

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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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KNOCKING OFF YOGI BEAR :Take A No.2 In The New Woods?

Any platform that can be used to trade cat pictures can bring down a government – Ethan Zuckerman. The fundamental questions are all about what this new participatory and convergent culture will be like. Is participation the new consumption? It is … Continue reading

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PARTICIPATORY CULTURE: New Constellation-Same Star System?

It has not taken long to see the boundaries between television and the web to collapse, or or least for each to recognize a common interest. Perhaps a question of the money of established media chasing the ideas of the … Continue reading

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/b/:LET THEM EAT MARBLE CAKE

We have become accustomed to thinking about 4Chan as the breeding ground for memes as well as shaping the associated cultural reactions to such memes. There are other implications to 4Chan beside the obvious pop culture reading…. Alexis de Toqueville’s … 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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