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Personality Types of Internet Celebrities
A quick examination of the first of the three aspects that define Internet celebrities
Mina’s Definition: Memes as a Guideposts of Social Movements
The third in a series of articles focusing on the additions to the “Defining Memes” chapter of “Meme Life.” This article will address how Mina’s “Memes to Movements: How the World’s Most Viral Media Is Changing Social Protest and Power” adds to discussion in this field.
The Four Terms of Memetic Analysis
Analyzing memes with an understanding of the creator’s intent, the influence of culture, the effective use of other mediated works, and the value of aesthetics can enhance the means that scholars talk about these works.
Spitzberg’s Definition: Memes as a Communal Bridges
The second in a series of articles focusing on the additions to the “Defining Memes” chapter of “Meme Life.” This article will address how Spitzberg’s “Toward A Model of Meme Diffusion” adds to discussion in this field.
Aunger’s Definition: Memes as Our Reaction to Societal Events
The first in a series of articles focusing on the additions to the “Defining Memes” chapter of “Meme Life.” This article will address how Aunger’s “The Electric Meme” adds to discussion in this field.
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This site is a knapsack of online artifacts and antiquities that represents the current state of this cyber age. All postings are merely an attempt to provide a journal of wisdom for future discussions.
About Dr. Tilton
Dr. Shane Tilton is an international award-winning scholar and teacher in the field of multimedia journalism, digital culture, and game-based pedagogy. He is the current Irene Casteel Endowed Chair of Education, Professional, and Social Science and an associate professor of Communication and Media Studies at the Ohio Northern University. Tilton was the two-time Advisor of the Year from the Society of Collegiate Journalists with his students winning over 100 regional and national awards from the Broadcast Education Association, Society of Collegiate Journalists, College Media Association, Ohio News Media Association, and the Associated Collegiate Press. It was this work that led him to write “Journalism Breakdown,” a shortlisted book on the changes to journalism over the last decade. His last book, “Meme Life,” was awarded Top Book Honors in Human Communication and Technology from the National Communication Association. His knowledge of digital culture and computer-mediated communication was on display in his interviews with NBC News, ESPN, A/V Club, Wall Street Journal, Wired Magazine, Yahoo! News, the Northeastern Political Review, and various podcasts and other media outlets. His scholarship also earned him the honor to speak at South-by-Southwest twice. Beyond Tilton’s scholarship and pedagogy, it is his service to the field of communication and the media with the Association that earned Tilton the Mass Communication Service Award during the 2018 National Communication Association’s annual conference. In addition, Tilton’s teaching ability was recognized by his peers in the Ohio Communication Association in the form of the 2018 Innovative Teacher of the Year Award. The combination of all of these merits convinced the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers from the City of London to award him the 2018 Young Stationers’ Prize, being the first American in the six century history of the Guild to be given such an honor.