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Meme Blogs FB Fakenews

The first published case Blogs began as a natural The psychology student, In the 13th century BC,
of the word meme extension of the Mark Zuckerberg, and Rames the Great spread
(pronounced "Meem," increased use of his college roommates lies and propaganda
not me-me), dates back computers and the and fellow students, depicting the Battle of
to the book, The Selfish creation of the Internet's Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Kadesh as an amazing
Gene, by Richard earliest forms as Moskovitz, and Chris victory for the
Dawkins in 1976. military, scientific and Hughes debuted Egyptians; he depicted
Dawkins referred to it as academic networks of Facebook in February scenes of himself smiting
a "Mimeme "— a word government. The earliest 2004. his enemies during the
derived from Greek that true blogs began to battle on the walls of
means" that which is appear as open access almost all his temples.
imitated. "Because of its diaries around 1994 or Octavian ran a
similarity to the word" 1995, in which misinformation
gene, "the word was then individuals shared campaign against his
abbreviated to" meme. updates on their lives, opponent Mark Antony
History/
such as personal during the first century
Background
And just as genes and thoughts and facts about BC, depicting him as a
physical traits evolve by family-related events, drunkard, a womanizer,
natural selection, academic studies, career, and a pure slave of the
Dawkins assumed that travels and other topics. Egyptian queen
anything that might Cleopatra VII. He wrote a
undergo evolution— text purporting to be the
such as myths and ideas will of Mark Antony,
— also did so through stating that Mark
natural selection. Antony, following his
Dawkins coined the term death, wanted to be
because he tried to figure buried in the Ptolemaic
out if there was a pharaohs ' mausoleum.
measurable unit that After his defeat in the
described how ideas Battle of Actium, Mark
spread and propagated Antony finally killed
over generations. himself after he learned
false rumors propagated
by Cleopatra herself
This is where the stating she had
modern form of the word committed suicide. The
"meme" is derived — the Christian apologist
idea of replicating, Lactantius invented and
selecting, and evolving exaggerated stories of
ideas — all working out heathen engaging in acts
in the greatest proving of immorality and
ground of ideas ever — violence in the late third
the internet. century AD, while the
anti-Christian writer
Porphyry invented
similar stories about
Christians.

Before the Internet came Blogs are targeted at To encourage students Fake news is produced
along, memes tended to individual use, sharing to get to know each to manipulate the views
have political or cultural information with an other. This new system of people, advance a
significance and their exclusive community, or of social networking for political agenda, or
popularity lasted much involving the public; a university students has cause confusion that can
longer than they do blog user may set up a enabled them to keep in often turn digital media
today. This shows how blog for private or public touch with their into a profitable
Purpose of the fast the internet is access. People also use institution's friends and business. It can deceive
text evolving and in part to blogs to build new classmates as well as people by pointing for
how convenient it is to friendships and other other registered reputable news sources
create memes. While kinds of relationships students. Facebook or trustworthy blogs or
some memes can still and gain a better helped them find old using similar names and
display durability today, understanding of high school friends as web addresses.
in a relatively short time, people's lives with whom the first social
most go from viral to be they may not interact networking site, look up
forgotten. Researchers daily. classmates' profiles, get
are academically help with homework.
modeling how they Students were also able
evolve and divining to publicize all kinds of
which memes will things, build a portfolio
survive and spread of new friends, spread
across the Web. We are the word about
useful as examples of concerts, book sales,
how social habits and and student
preferences developed organizations
because of Internet
memes describing
popular ideas.

Professionals in public Participants are also Initially, membership Participants are


relations, advertisement, known as bloggers and for this social site was reporters who are trying
and sales have adopted readers as there is a restricted to Harvard to create a web and
Internet memes as a comment section University students. social media platform
means of viral marketing designed to create online About half of Harvard's that has become the
and guerrilla marketing conversations between undergraduate most popular venue for
to generate "buzz" bloggers and other population was the spread of fake news.
publicity about their readers. reported on the
product or service. To program within the first
Participants in
this end, companies have month. Soon after –
the
tried two methods of Facebook has expanded
communication
using memes to increase to Stanford, Columbia
their company's and University of
advertising and sales; YaleThe The network
either creating a meme was expanded promptly
or trying to adapt an to other universities in
existing one or Boston, the Ivy League
perpetuating it. (eight private higher
Nonetheless, often education institutions in
people who make it have the northeastern United
an image, action, or style States), and eventually
that spreads within all universities in the
society from person to U.S. and Canada. The
person — often to public was opened to
convey a particular Facebook.
phenomenon, trend,
making memes, or
context portrayed by the
meme.

Used in the context of


public relations, the term
would be more of an
advertising buzzword
than a proper Internet
meme, although there is
still an implication that
the interest in the
content is rather than
straightforward for
trivia, ephemera, or
frivolity.

1. Ordinary People 1. A Blog Must Always Be 1. Facebook is the most 1. Factually inaccurate
2. Flawed masculinity Dynamic visited page on the 2. Optimized for sharing
3. Humour 2. Posts Are Displayed in internet 3. Meant to obscure or
4. Simplicity Reverse Order 2. Facebook officially distort with emotions;
5. Repetitiveness 3. Most Blogs Have the became the world's preying on prejudice or
Characteristics
6. Whimsical content Same Structure fastest-growing bias
4. The Blog’s Leading company
Star Is Its Content 3. User-friendly Keep
5. Headlines Should Be contact with friends and
Attention Grabbers classmates
6. One Rule Applies to All 4. Find old friends
Blogs: Relevancy
7. Blogs and Links Go
Hand in Hand
8. A Blog Is Founded on
Personal Touch
9. Posts Should Always
Encourage Debate
10. All Blogs Are About
Communication

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