Discussion Week 11

Anika Sands
Professor Daly
ESOC 211
November 2nd, 2017

This week, we have been looking at memes, and their relation to this class by talking about spreadability and how they become a meme and are able to take over the internet and become so popular. There are many ways that memes can "go viral" on the internet and we have been exploring all the different ways that memes become spreadable. With the use of the internet today, you don't have to be a celebrity to get publicity. For example we looked at Bad Luck Brian, Overly attached girlfriend, and many other meme people that just made funny videos and posted them to a public forum. I think that the main reason that memes spread is become of reliability. If people can relate to something, chances are that people will think something is funny. The more people that you can relate to, the easier your meme could easily spread. Memes started out as a joke, but are becoming more and more powerful as everyday people can now spread media to people all over the world. In fact, at Brown University you can now take a class about memes and the internet. If you click on the "class" link, you can read the article and details about the class at Brown University.
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