Posts Tagged ‘meme’
Snow White and the 7 Random Things Meme
Having been tagged by Marta Strickland (who was tagged by Stacy Lukas, who was tagged by Ken Burbary who was tagged by Shannon Paul… oh yes, it’s a tightly knit digital community here in Motown), here’s 7 random things about me:
1. I can cook anything from scratch. My passion for cooking started when I was 5 with an Easy-Bake oven. I was making fancy side dishes by age 10 and cooking the family dinner around 15. But I can’t stand rinsing lettuce.
2. I am a fantastic Rock Band / Guitar Hero singer, scoring in the 90th percents on the Hard level in RB2 training. My favorite songs to sing include: Kids in America, The Ballroom Blitz, Hungry like the Wolf and anything by Oasis. If I wasn’t a social media/marketing misfit executive, I’d be the lead singer in a rock band.
3. Having worn glasses all my life due to an astigmatism, I have 4 pairs that I view more as fashion accessories than Rx, although I can’t read a thing without them (including the lyrics to the aforementioned Rock Band).
4. My favorite cut flower is a tulip but I also love hydrangeas in garden beds.
5. I have hair OCD. Not mine — my daughters. Zig-zags, french braids, ballerina buns, lattice ponytails, twists, knots, up-do’s – you name it and I love to style it (when they let me). I’ve made more than 100 hair bows for them to match their outfits. My youngest daughter just mocks me silently with her Shirley Temple curls and slowly slides the bows out when she *thinks* I’m not looking.
6. My favorite perfume and ‘signature scent’ is Cartier’s Le Baiser du Dragon (aka “The Kiss of the Dragon”).
7. I am deeply religious — much more than people think I am. Every week, I dedicate at least 15 hours to studying scripture, religious doctrine and related books/magazines in order to strengthen my deep faith in God and to teach others the gospel.
Passing along the meme to:
The Four Simple Rules:
- Link your original tagger(s) and list these rules in your post.
- Share seven facts about yourself in the post.
- Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names and the links to their blogs.
- Let them know they’ve been tagged
Traditional Media: Expelled
Having just seen Expelled: The Movie, the theory of biological evolution has been on my mind this week. Particularly as it relates to memes. Because I get asked the question constantly: what is mediameme? What does it mean?
The Theory of Biological Evolution states
- the basic unit of biological information is the gene
- the gene could store, duplicate and transmit data
- as well as mutate
- mutations can produce new or altered traits, leading to their spread across populations
The Theory of Cultural Evolution (aka Memetics) states
- the world is full of loose ideas
- ideas that propagate from one mind to the next in a Jungian way
- tunes, beliefs, trends, technology, art, etc.
- the basic unit of cultural information is known as a meme (rhymes with gene)
- groups of memes form together into memoplexes that form the basis of systems, beliefs, communities, societies
- conversation, syndication, feedback and groups facilitate the propagation of memes
- some say the internet is a giant meme-machine
Survival of the Fittest
some memes only have 15-minutes of fame
other memes, what I would term mediamemes reweave the fabric of our collective culture and potentially, the future of our race.
