These readings are attached:
Nowak,
J. (2016). Internet meme as meaningful discourse: Towards a theory of multiparticipant popular online content. Central
European Journal of Communication, 9(1), 73–89.
https://doi.org/10.19195/1899-5101.9.1(16).5
Aharoni,
T. (2019). When high and pop culture (re)mix: An inquiry into the memetic transformations of artwork. New Media
& Society, 21(10), 2283–2304. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444819845917
Milligan, S. (2023). A rhetoric of zaniness: Trolling, the
Alt-right, and Pepe the Frog. In M. Ames & K. McDuffie
(Eds.), Hashtag Activism Interrogated and Embodied: Case Studies on
Social Justice Movements (pp. 210–226). University Press of Colorado. http://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.285052.16
Halliday,
A. S. (2018). Miley, What’s Good?: Nicki Minaj’s Anaconda, Instagram Reproductions, and Viral Memetic Violence. Girlhood
Studies, 11(3), 67–83. https://doi.org/10.3167/ghs.2018.110307
Topics:
Mimetics and thinking rhetorically
The following is a series of questions that
highlight what you should address in your brief. Please feel free to cut and
paste the below and then respond to each prompt accordingly. You also have the
option of writing a brief essay that addresses these issues. Again, please
think about what you are reading, and what you write, as these responses will
be graded.
1.
Please provide a summary of the
key concepts the readings are addressing. Don’t just list ideas! Offer a brief
discussion of what they are and why they are being addressed.
2.
What theories are being
discussed? Are there any tensions (ie.
different points of view) about these within these conversations?
3.
How are issues like culture,
language, race, class, privilege, gender, sexuality, (etc.) being addressed
within these discussions. Anything that
you find interesting or unique about it? If not, how would you incorporate
those missing discussions into the work?
4.
Do you have any specific
questions about what the author(s) are asserting? (Note: Just writing, “I just
don’t get it” isn’t enough. Flesh out why you find the argument(s) or concepts
confusing or difficult to understand.
5. Make
sure to cite your readings according to APA guidelines.
