Internet Memes and the Critical Process

The assignment is due before you start your Thanksgiving break, and you will have plenty of time in class to outline your work, conference with me, and start the final product.  The directions are posted under the appropriate category here, and they are also reprinted as a WordPress Page on the right of this screen.

As you look at those Pages, note that your grades for all past and any subsequent blogging assignments will be posted to our course website, and you can find the link on the Page labeled “Blogging Grades”; you will also be able to find a template Page that will show you how to structure your critical study of a meme, as well as the links to your peers’ blogs, which you will need to complete the blogroll assignment.

Background: Internet Memes

Read the links below to prepare for our look at viral videos and Internet memes.  For the Wikipedia entries, pay attention to the notices (if any) present at the top of the page; what do these suggest about Wikipedia and these entries in particular?  Under “Internet Memes,” note the types of memes designated by Wikipedia editors.  For the timeline, notice first how long and intricate it is; second, note how much it changes from day to day; third, notice in general what kinds of memes seem to take off.

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