In chapter six, Limor Shifman discusses different elements of memetic and viral success. Each Meme compromises at least one of the elements that is discussed. Last week I discussed humor which so I will discuss the concept of prestige and strong emotions. Prestige means that individuals that are involved in the Meme have some sort of importance. Whether it's the subject of the people invoked. The other concept, strong emotions means that the Memes carry some sort of strong emotion in them. This could be a positive or negative emotion. Things like Abortion, Gay Rights, and other things are examples of these strong emotions. I am going to analyze each Meme according to why they encompass these two things.
The first Meme includes Drake from the TV show, Drake and Josh. The second Meme is Simba from The Lion King. The third Meme is Will Ferrel and John Reilly. Every character in these Memes are recognizable to someone who is in tune with pop culture.
The strong emotion comes in with the subject matter that is present. For the reader, they are seeking to experience a relationship with God/Jesus, through these humorous Memes. For example, the second Meme presented brings us back to when Mufasa dies in The Lion King, but the reader would be able to relate this to Jesus. The Christian reader is reminded that Jesus was resurrected from the dead. This content evokes strong emotions from the reader. The first Meme where Drake is presented retelling the story of Moses, the reader feels strong emotions remembering the story of Moses and him splitting the Red Sea. I believe that these strong emotions are simply evoked because of the content that is present in each of the Memes.
There are also different Meme genres. The Meme genre I'm going to discuss is LOLCats, which means the type of language that is used is different. Things like, "I haz Cheezburger." Though @HoodJesusYo does not encompass this language, it is similar in the words he uses. He never types out the word "you," instead he says, "U." Another example is one that is in the third Meme below which is a picture from Step Brothers, he states, "When u stop trippin and give ur problems to Jesus u be like." Though this is different from LOLCats I believe it is similar.
If I could make a new type of Meme Genre I would make it "Humor Mission Meme." The reason I would choose this is because every Meme uses humor to get their point across. The mission of @HoodJesusYo is to spread his ministry, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ. So making Memes that are humorous, yet meet their mission of spreading the Gospel.
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