Memes

Whatthe**** do people do all day on Twitter, Facebook, Youtube …. A stareintotheabyssofinternetsubculture Thomas Plotkowiak 03.05.2010

What do people do online? *UMM Wave 5 Studie 2010

Twitter *pew Internet research 2010

That’s boring and stuff you already know… But what makes the social websites different than newspapers, magazines or TV?

Internet Memes "Meme" ( /ˈmiːm/[1]) is a relatively newly-coined term that identifies ideas, behaviors or styles that spread from person to person within a culture.[2] The concept comes from an analogy: as genes transmit biological information, memes can be said to transmit ideas and belief information.

Spread: The act of placing text on a humorous photo of a cat has its pop culture roots in the famous “Hang in there, baby” poster from the 1970’s, which spawned a series of imitators itself.,[object Object]

Spread: The earliest documented usage of the term “FAIL” can be traced to a 1998 Japanese 16-bit scrolling shooter game

Details: Also known as "Epic FAIL" or "You are doing it wrong",[object Object]

Things with Faces ,[object Object]

Pareidolia (from the Greek words para- which means “with”, or “alongside” but in this context it means something is faulty or wrong and eidolon which means “image”. So basically “faulty image”.) is an illusion involving a vague or obscure stimulus being interpreted as clear and definite.,[object Object]

Spread: 11.03 200 Hits, 17.03 10 Million Views, Currently 128 Mio Hits on YouTube

Details: Rebecca Black’s “Friday” officially became the most disliked YouTube video with over 1.27 million downvotes, surpassing Justin Bieber’s “Baby” which has just over 1.1 million downvotes as of March 30th, 2011.,[object Object],[object Object]

Spread: July5th, 2006 on 4 chan

Details: Nowthereare multiple variations: Courage Wolf, Philosoraptor, Socially Awkward Penguin, Pokeparents, Rich Raven, Bachelor Frog,[object Object],[object Object]

Three wolf moon ,[object Object]

Pros: Fits my girthy frame, has wolves on it, attracts womenCons: Only 3 wolves (could probably use a few more on the ‘guns’), cannot see wolves when sitting with arms crossed, wolves would have been better if they glowed in the dark.,[object Object]

Spread: Rageguystayed almost exclusively to 4chan until 2009 when it spreads to other online communities.

Details: Creating a variation with MSPaint is acceptable, and almost encouraged, due to the crudeness of the character.,[object Object]

As of September 16th, 2010, there are over 23,000 results for “Forever Alone” on Funnyjunk.com 3 and over 50,000 on Tumblr.4,[object Object]

Spread: Images of the game appeared that month on Buzzfeed, CNET, F-Listed, Metro.co.uk, and Urlesque.,[object Object]

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