Aaron Weddle
Former graduate student in Philosophy and current graduate student in Library & Information Science. Focus on both 19th-Century German Philosophy and Political Truth, and the focus on political truth has merged into an interest in Information Literacy in the library & information sphere.
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Since memes usually rely on some sort of context to be understood in a narrative sense, they differ from traditional books in that they are not self-contained, but the information is “contained” within the meme. It is in this sense that I think they are worth exploring because while their existence may resemble or mirror in some ways the movement and treatment of communication earlier in the history of media; in many ways they are a unique expression or phenomenon. One other thing I would like to consider here is that memes (like books and other print media) evolve within their “bounds,” while at the same time representing part of a larger evolution in the history of communications. Ultimately, I will show that memes are an important (and familiar) part of the history of communications, and more broadly serve as a new way to promote and share narrative and shape identities.
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Since memes usually rely on some sort of context to be understood in a narrative sense, they differ from traditional books in that they are not self-contained, but the information is “contained” within the meme. It is in this sense that I think they are worth exploring because while their existence may resemble or mirror in some ways the movement and treatment of communication earlier in the history of media; in many ways they are a unique expression or phenomenon. One other thing I would like to consider here is that memes (like books and other print media) evolve within their “bounds,” while at the same time representing part of a larger evolution in the history of communications. Ultimately, I will show that memes are an important (and familiar) part of the history of communications, and more broadly serve as a new way to promote and share narrative and shape identities.