Evaluate what makes this meme type popular. (Who uses it? When? Where? Why?
Read the article by Griffin and McFarland titled . In this article, the authors contend that the southern United States lagged behind the rest of the county in attracting immigrants and has had less experience with issues associated with the assimilation of people into its subculture. Compare the findings of these researchers with your own experiences where you live.
August 7, 2017Go to NPR’s Website, located at . Read one (1) article that was published within the last two (2) months that focuses on individuals with major adjustment issues. Next, use the textbook and the Strayer Library to research evidence-based strategies to help with adjustment. Consider strategies that relate to stress and coping, gender, stages of life, cultural and social issues, and health.
August 7, 2017While memes are seemingly trivial and mundane artifacts, they actually reflect deep social and cultural structures. In many senses, Internet memes can be treated as (post)modern folklore, in which shared norms and values are constructed through cultural artifacts such as Photoshopped images or urban legends. (Shifman 15)
Shifman suggests that examining a single meme is less revealing than evaluating “the common ideas and forms shared by many” (15). Look up 10+ examples of a popular meme (such as ten examples of Bad Luck Brian). What “shared norms and values” are conveyed by users who post or forward this meme? What is the joke or what message does this category of memes generally convey? Evaluate what makes this meme type popular. (Who uses it? When? Where? Why? etc.)
You may look up memes you know using Google image search https://www.google.com/imghp or scroll through the choices at a popular meme hub like Know Your Meme http://knowyourmeme.com/memes. Your journal should be at least a page handwritten (¾ a page typed) and should include images or links to at least 3 representative examples to support your analysis.
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