6/6 Boyd/Dominguez


In both Boyd and Dominguez’s articles, they talk about new forms of activism and protest that happens electronically. Both authors also speak of the spread of internet memes and how it is almost like a virus. Boyd speaks a lot about the truth being a virus that spread rapidly. Boyd also talks about how technology has advanced so far in which we get information so quickly, making it easy for information to go from person to person. Spreading like a virus can be used as an analogy for this description.  Dominguez speaks a lot about how memes are used to fill up networks and websites. If we look at society today, most of the internet itself is covered in memes. Anything you find on YouTube, can almost be turned into a meme because there would be something funny about it. An example is how something “regular” has turn into a meme was Harambe. It went from a news report into a meme, and the meme was a form of protest against the Cincinnati zoo for killing an animal. The spread of internet memes can be used as a form of protest such as making fun of specific politicians like Donald Trump or Barack Obama. By making memes relate to a person’s life, people are able to connect and help spread the wildfire of that specific meme.  

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