The last three years as the Irene Casteel Endowed Chair for Education, Professional, and Social Sciences at Ohio Northern University have been an amazing honor. "Meme Life: The Social, Cultural, and Psychological Aspects of Memetic Communication" was given an extended tour, which gave it the necessary exposure to earn the 2023...
Publisher's Note: The following preview is my proposal for the Creator Economy Track at SxSW2025 in March 2025. This PowerPoint presentation and article is a continuation of my SxSW Interactive 2011 presentation on "Nanocelebrity: How to Combine Expertise with Voice." Specifically, I am looking at how Internet celebrities have helped...
A regret of mine when writing “Meme Life” two years ago was not finding the work of An Xiao Mina, specifically her book “Memes to Movement: How the World’s Most Viral Media is Changing Social Protest and Power.” This book was meaningful as it provided a model for using memes...
Memes (unlike other works of digital culture) tend to be shared among friends, family, and colleagues because they are immensely rich, complex in their messaging, and have elements that resonate with others they care about. These three aspects of memes are why they are part of our digital communication, and...
One of the areas that I wanted to address early on in "Meme Life" was to offer the theoretical underpinnings that defined our general understanding of how memes and memetic communication impact the exchanging of information with one another and how memes allow people to interact via the various mediums...
(Note: Saying that writing and getting Meme Life published has been life changing would be putting it mildly. This book as allowed me to travel all across the United States to talk about memes, be on panels with amazing academics, and have wonderful conversations with others about digital culture. Reviewing...
PDF Version Abstract The discipline of information studies is one of those areas that I enjoy teaching. I had the pleasure of teaching "IS 200: Information Literacy and Critical Thinking" during my post-doc at the University of Kentucky. One of the areas that I wish I could have done early...
As the moderator for the #NCA22 Game Studies Top Papers session as I am reminded of the wisdom of one of my mentors Raymond Puchot, who stated that moderators must: “be able to cheer the work of the scholars, provide a clear summary of the individual papers & the connective...
The nature of studying communication and its impact on society means highlighting the gaps of knowledge in the realm of the known that I’ve spent most of my adult life researching, critiquing, and explaining. I felt a particular knowledge gap was worth discussing in the postscript of my latest book,...
Ingredients: 1/2 large white onion diced 1 clove of diced garlic 3 TBSP butter (unsalted if possible) 1 pound stir-fry beef 1 cup of French dressing 1 cup of Sherry cooking wine 1 pound of Southwestern hashbrowns (potatoes, peppers, and onions) Spices: 2 TBSP of Herbs de Provence 1 tsp...
