CCT300+Labs


 * Week 1**
 * -**Create a wikipage....done


 * Week 3 - Genre** **Hierarchy**
 * -**Submitted copy in class. Chose television...more specifically, reality television and its sub genres.


 * Week 4 - Pick one guest- why do you think it should be considered memetic/viral content?**



The meme I decided to discuss is the "Annoying Facebook Girl". I chose this particular meme because every individual who has Facebook has that one person on their list that updates their page continuously about what is going on with their lives. While Facebook is a tool that is meant to help you interact and share photos and other things with your contact list, the annoying Facebook goes completely overboard. Her posts are constant and are usually a cry for attention, whether good or bad. I feel that this meme was able to go viral because it is something we all can relate to its content. A meme is an idea, behaviour or style that spreads from person to person within a culture and annoying Facebook girl has been able to do that because Facebook has over a billion users, and chances are that many individuals have Facebook contacts similar to the meme. On knowyourmeme.com, it shows that this meme has received close to 2 million views and has been remixed by countless individuals which goes to show that it is something people on the internet can relate and contribute to.

-Submitted a copy in class. Chose the depiction of Absolute by ad busters.
 * Week 5 - Culture Jamming**

is "an idea, behavior or style that spreads from person to person within a culture


 * Week 6- Presidential Meme **

The meme I chose that I felt was both persuasive and hilarious is the image of Mitt Romney and Jim Lehrer. Using the infamous photo of musician Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift at the MTV awards as she was accepting her award, this meme replaces both Taylor's and Kanye's heads with Romney's and Lehrer's. The picture is in reference to the presidential debate in which Romney repeatedly interrupted and blatantly ignored the rules that commentator Lehrer tried to enforce. To add insult to injury, Romney also discussed cutting finding of PBS, which is the television channel that Lehrer works for. I feel that this meme is both impressionable and relevant because it uses another famous situation that received world wide attention to generate a buzz. Even if you may have not watched the presidential election, looking at this meme that remixed the Kanye and Taylor image allows the viewer to be able to predict what occurred during the debate since the Kanye and Swift controversy is widely known. I believe that this meme is effective on those who follow politics heavily and even those who do not because of its integration of popular music. By merging the political sphere with popular culture, this meme is able to be recognized by many and the message it is trying to convey through the hilarious choice of imagery.