PPT-Popular Culture, Global Knowledge and Kenya’s First Internet Meme -

Makmende Understanding the Horn of Africa httpunderstandingthehornorg Martha Saavedra UC Berkeley UC Regents Some Food for thought and fun Consider the next three slides UC Regents. 3815 Survey of Popular Culture. Fall . 2013. PH . 321. Dr. . David . Lavery. The “TV is Better Than the Movies” Meme. Survey of Popular Culture. As an admitted one-time . (TV). antipathist. , my first conscious encounter with the now proliferating “Television is better than the movies” meme. MEMES . from . an English-Hungarian Contrastive Perspective. Veszelszki. , . Ágnes. 3rd Visual . Learning. . Lab. International . Conference. Budapest, 07. 12. 2012. Agenda. internet . memes . as. C4K4. Objectives. 1) Threat to Folk Culture.. 2) Environmental Impact of Popular Culture. How . MDC’s. threaten LCD’s Culture. Rise in incomes = rise in demand of. Western products. . Loss of Traditional Values: may turn away from traditional material culture of food, clothing, and shelter. Why?. Popular Culture & . Edcuation. Via Raymond Williams (1983). 4 uses of “popular”. That which is liked by many people. That which is deemed inferior or unworthy. Work that is trying to win . favour. Objectives. Diffusion of Popular Housing, Clothing, and Food. Electronic Diffusion of Popular . Culture. Underlining thread to popular culture is CONSUMPTION.. Diffusion of Popular Housing, Clothing, and Food. Origin of Culture. Folk Culture. Isolated, clustered. Topics involve every day life, environment, beliefs. Passed down orally. Traditions . Spread by relocation diffusion. Little change over time. Separate, multiple hearths. Makmende. Understanding the Horn of Africa. http://understandingthehorn.org/. Martha . Saavedra, UC . Berkeley. © UC Regents. Some Food for thought . (. and fun). Consider the next three slides. © UC Regents. C4K4. Objectives. 1) Threat to Folk Culture.. 2) Environmental Impact of Popular Culture. How . MDC’s. threaten LCD’s Culture. Rise in incomes = rise in demand of. Western products. . Loss of Traditional Values: may turn away from traditional material culture of food, clothing, and shelter. Why?. Makmende. Understanding the Horn of Africa. http://understandingthehorn.org/. Martha . Saavedra, UC . Berkeley. © UC Regents. Some Food for thought . (. and fun). Consider the next three slides. © UC Regents. A – Culture . B – Global Culture. C – Global Media. Conditions of Usage. For personal and classroom use only. Excludes any other forms of communication such as conference presentations, published reports and papers.. memeology. . by . samantha. . pezzolanti. A look at what a meme is…. A meme is an image with text on or around it that is meant to convey a message. Sometimes powerful and thought provoking other times for humor and advertisement. There can sometimes be hundreds of variations on one image, often being edited by dozens of authors. . Origin. The . word . meme.  is a shortening (modeled on . gene. ) of . mimeme.  (. from Ancient Greek “imitated thing“, “to imitate“, “mime“). . and . it was coined by the British evolutionary . Sign Systems Studies 444 2016 562586http//dxdoiorg/1012697/SSS201644405Internet memes as internet signs A semiotic view of digital culture Today internet memes raise increasingly legitimate cases duri to . Folk and Popular Culture Unequal?. ELECTRONIC MEDIA is responsible for the diffusion of popular culture throughout the world. . Electronic Media is a rapid agent for diffusion of culture across the Folk-Popular divide..