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Know Your Meme, 4chan, Reddit, and Canv.as are hotbeds for creating collective imagery. Details

 

Program: Off Book

Episode: Off Book: Visual Culture Online

Environments like 4chan, Know Your Meme, Reddit, and Canv.as are hotbeds for the creation of collective imagery. Usually in response to a cultural, political, or emotional phenomenon, the communities on these sites can generate dozens or hundreds of variations on a single image or concept. Considered internet "memes", these image families are often very astute condensations of shared feelings.

Duration: (8:42)
Premiere Date: 08/17/2011
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: NR


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