Thanks Alex, this looks interesting though I only just glanced at your essay right now. I used the mailing list discussion as an opportunity to talk to my students about memes in the context of remediation. Given that they're mostly Asian, they seemed to enjoy some of the Downfall videos I showed them with little or no concern about the context. They are not ignorant of the context, but will take to the parody much more easily than (some) Europeans. I'm curious how a similar student audience in Europe or the US might react and at what point memes would become unfunny. Giorgos Giorgos Cheliotis Assistant Professor Communications and New Media Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences National University of Singapore
-----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l- bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Alex Leavitt Sent: Wednesday, 3 February, 2010 10:11 AM To: Ren Reynolds Cc: aoir list Subject: Re: [Air-L] the case for critical commons
Wrote up an essay about this thread and the Hitler Meme phenomenon. Goes through the history of and reactions to the video, as well as the implications of memetics outside of online subculture:
*Memes as Mechanisms: How Digital Subculture Informs the Real World * http://www.convergenceculture.org/weblog/2010/02/memes_as_mechanisms_ho w_digita.php http://bit.ly/9aCdry
Would love feedback if anyone has some.
Alex Leavitt
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On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 3:43 AM, Ren Reynolds <ren@aldermangroup.com> wrote:
Hitler finds out about the iPad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQnT0zp8Ya4
ren
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