Research Paper On Memes

Walt Disney Productions prestige is to never disappoint and their latest movie Frozen, is no exception. The movie centers around the lives of two sisters, kind-hearted Anna and the frightened Snow Queen Elsa. Fearless Anna sets off on a journey to find her sister, who flees to an icy mountain after she accidentally traps the kingdom of Arendelle in an eternal winter with her ice powers. Disney’s 2013 animated film reeled in its target audience and more; the film intended to appeal to children’s of all ages surprisingly enough enticed a wider audience largely comprised of non-families. Disney’s reputation for promoting happiness and the well-being of American families led to the direct success of the movie Frozen. The film met its purpose, depicting a touching storyline – showing the importance of family and undermining the traditional concept of “true love.” Furthermore, Walt Disney Productions established sufficient credibility within its viewers and audience with the use of artistic proofs such as; ethos, logos, and pathos. Disney’s tradition is to provide the audience with an educational piece of entertainment, Frozen is undeniably one of those Disney animated films worth seeing. Walt Disney Productions strategic use of rhetoric made it evident that the movie was going to be an all-time hit – some may even say “the biggest children’s film of all time” – simply because it was just that, a Disney movie.

Cynical, humorous, and peculiar –memes have engulfed the entirety of cyberspace. Originating from Richard Dawkins book, “The Selfish Gene,” a memes initial purpose was to delineate and elaborate how cultural information dispersed, throughout communities. However, the memes purpose has evolved over time. According to Paul Gil, author of “What is a “Meme?”, modern day memes are “often [used] to publicly ridicule human behavior.” Additionally, some memes have even been featured to contain “heavier and more philosophical content.” Memes today are now utilized solely for the means of entertainment and critical acquisitions, such as the memes presenting president Donald Trump as the former German Dictator Adolf Hitler. While the image may elicit

The image I’ve chosen has somewhat of a Tim Burton vibe, even if it does only comes down to the girl in it, which is a reoccurring theme in a lot of his animated films. Specifically the witch girl in Para-Norman especially given what could be ghosts in the world she has created for her self. The image is on a pretty large truck with (when put together) a collection of monotone colors like yellow, grey, black, and white. The characters within the piece vary from a rain drop shape to a shape resembling a germ or even a fish. The only “message” I feel that can be gained from this would be you create the world around you and sometimes you have to see it for what you’ve created it with. Sometimes imagination can help you within your reality so

Zack de la Rocha was born Jan. 12, 1970, in Long Beach- California. Parents Roberto and Olivia. After parents parted ways, de la Rocha initially split his time between his Mexican-American father. A muralist in the group (Los Four), and his German-Irish mother- a doctoral candidate at the University of California, After his father began to exhibit signs of mental illness, destroying artwork and praying and fasting nonstop, Zack de la Rocha lived exclusively with his mother in Irvine. In the 1970s the Orange County suburb was nearly all white.Zack de la Rocha told Rolling Stone magazine in 1999 how humiliated he felt when his teacher used the racially offensive term “wetback” great his classmates laugh. “I remember sitting there about to explode.

Thus, many adults had a problem with this movie. The movie is addressed to not only children but adults as well. My adults are stubborn and don’t like things that are not how they see it. These parents have metathesiophobia. Also, those adults believe that the kids should not be watching these types of movies that shows them how to be rebellious. These parents focus on the parts of the movie that were irrelevant like how Elsa ran away. Other adults who see the positive difference between the old Disney movies and the new Disney movies encourage their kids to watch it and recommend other parents to watch it with their kids. It is parents like those who have helped changed the perspective of the medias role in our socialization. Media has always been negative towards women and the role they have in the world. But movies like “Brave” and “Frozen” are helping change those perspective in a positive way.

The history of memes is a very long one, and many argue that memes have been spread through the first human cultures. One example of this is the meme called Kilroy was here. Kilroy was here was a graffiti that was seen all across the world in the 1940s. The United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States all had a different version of Kilroy was here. The UK had Mr. Chad, Australia had Foo was here, and the US had Kilroy was here. Even Adolf Hitler got word of this graffiti, and thought it was a codename for American intelligence. Why was this graffiti popular among all of these countries? The answer; memes. Although the origins of Kilroy was here are debated, most believe that James J. Kilroy, a man who worked at the Fore River Shipyard,

Kermit is a good choice for a meme character because he is a widely recognized children's character that has achieved worldwide recognition and having been around since 1955 allows him to have an audience with a wide age range. When one looks at three memes one’s attention is automatically focused on the big white lettering at the top and bottom of each meme. Upon closer inspection it is very clear to see what is the recurring phrase in each meme, which we can call the punch line. For these particular memes the punch line seems to be “but that’s none of my business.” This is also further emphasized by Kermit the Frog facing off in another direction, his attention seemingly on something else entirely, just enjoying his tea. In the first meme the customized phrase for it is “Your phone screen is brighter than your future.” This phrase is meant to attack or make fun of a specific individual or group of individuals of whom the creator of the meme does not think have a very good chance of succeeding in life. This is funny because the very thought that a phone screen can be brighter than a person's future is implying that the targeted group must specialize in failure. This metaphor is very relevant in today’s time due to the fact that due to the increase in popularity of the cell phone many people have lost interest in participating in other activities, including striving for a better future. The second meme follows in the first one’s footsteps and uses the same recognizable styling, the only big difference being the custom phrase at the top. The second meme states, “I saw you pull that food stamp card outta ya Gucci bag.” This particular phrase is aimed at a common stereotype found in lower income communities. The stereotype is formed around a group of people who go out and buy very expensive brand name items even though they do not have

The piece of artwork is showing you and this lady how the words in our language is a work of art. When a new set of quotes and saying appears it means that words of wisdoms are always coming. Yet, another interpretation I’m getting is that you are being show the power of words and how it

In the readings about gender there were a lot of examples of memes. In the Introduction by Bem, she speaks about the history of the western culture and how there are three beliefs about women and men which have triumphed: that they have essentially different psychological and sexual nature, that men are inherently the dominant sex, and that both happen naturally. In regard to Bem’s Lenses of Gender there are two lenses which would fit into the idea of memes. These lenses are: Lens of Androcentrism or male-centeredness, this is when men are treated as human and women are viewed as “other” and the Lens of Gender Polarization during which the male-female difference is overlaid on so many aspects of a society that a cultural linking is created between sex and almost every part of life.

People often contradict themselves; they say one thing and then do the complete opposite. The contradictions on human’s lives lead to a competition of how they spend their time. Talking about memes and their similarity to genes, Blackmore says, “Genes act only for themselves; their only interest is their own replication; all they want is to be passed on to the next generation” (35). Genes compete between themselves to be passed to the next generation. They only worry about their objective of being successfully passed on without caring about the other genes or whether they will be good for that generation. Blackmore also says, “Remember that the same shorthand applies to memes as to genes. We want to say that memes are ‘selfish’, that they

Overtime there has been many images, quotes, phrases that tend to “catch on.” Not just in today’s society but over multiple decades there have been different types of “memes.” They can range from an image to a lyric in a song. Almost anything really can be classified as a meme. Memes can have a good or bad influence on a person’s emotions. For example, in today’s society there is an image of a girl who has a “crazy girlfriend” look, this is just one of many things a meme can be. A meme is anything that spreads throughout a culture or society and it became popular or even unpopular. This meme was created after a YouTuber loaded a video onto the internet and does a parody version of the Justin Bieber song “Boyfriend.” After the video goes viral people look at her video and see a link submitted on the video that takes them to the “Overly Attached Girlfriend” thread. There are many things that can be described in this meme through ethos, pathos, logos and kairos (Don, “Overly Attached Girlfriend”).

The focus of the meme is Elsa. She is an innocent woman who is in childbearing age. Elsa’s facial expression reflects a sardonic smile. A smile that lacks respect for what other people think. Her smile implies that the text on the meme is something she perceives as common sense. Elsa’s facial expression suggests that the text is true, and everyone should agree with what the text references. Elsa is a Disney character and portrayed as a reputable and moral character. She is well respected and credible.

The Disney cinematic universe is riddled with an obscene heteronormativity that appears to be subverted in Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck’s, Frozen. The entirety of this film removes itself from the particular expected narrative of its counterparts. This is particularly clear in the title song of the film, Let it Go. Sung by queer icon Idina Menzel, this song seems to divulge from the implications of heteronormativity and showcase clear insinuations of a ‘coming out narrative’. Using the works of Somerville, Freud, Wittig, and Butler this paper will aim to follow the protagonist through the song and her queer narrative. Unbound by the typical narrative of heterosexual love and freed by self-expression, this song allows for a clear queer reading

A meme has two definitions; Dawkins definition, and internet memes. Charles Dawkins first coined the term meme in 1976 in his book The Selfish Gene, and was referring to cultural ideas, beliefs, fashion, practices, etc. In his book he came up with a theory that memes develops similar to how genes spread in organisms. Memes transmit from one mind to another through speech, writing, or any form of communication. Likewise genes

Simply put, memes can bring people together. They can feed the social conversation of society today. Just like discussion a new movie or the weather, “Did you see that meme,” has become common interactions. A fact that has been as true as time, people need to feel a sense of belongingness. As you look at Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs just above physiological and safety, lies love and belonging. The pyramid works by essential needs at the bottom and human wants towards