internetmemes

(October 28 proposal, November 18 presentation, total 25%)
== In groups of 3-4 formed in your lab, you will work understanding the general universe of the Internet meme – videos, webpages, Facebook groups and other acts of Internet culture that are so profoundly interesting, strange or touching that the Internet latches on and spreads the content virally. ==

On __**November 18**__ in labs, your group will present your meme in a brief (5 minute) presentation and discuss why you believe your work is memetic.
== Show how you’ve released your meme to the universe and discuss how you promoted it and any traction it received (note: this means you should plan to release the meme significantly before the presentation deadline!) The group should prepare a short (3 page) written presentation in defense of their efforts. == == Given these presentations will be done in labs, group members must all be able to present in the lab 5% of the final grade will be allocated for the group’s formation and proposal, due **__October 28__**. 20% will be reserved for the quality and effectiveness of the work created its presentation in the lab period November 18, and the written piece. Specific criteria will be discussed and outlined while groups are formed. ==

The assignment has three stages:
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1) //Proposal:// You should form a group (about 3-4 people) and brainstorm what kinds of things might be an interesting attempt at creating an Internet meme. Please create your own group wiki to help organize and present your thoughts at this time. To help with this, each member of the group should review of one of the episodes of Know Your Meme ( [] ) where they deconstruct a given meme and provide some humorous insight as to why its memetic. Outline this in the proposal as background research.

2) //Development and Release:// Before the presentation on Nov. 18, you should develop and release to the world your meme. Consider ways to best track its dissemination and effect. We'll talk more about this as the course progresses.

3) //Presentation and Analysis:// In labs on the 18th, we'll be having brief "science-fair" style presentations (max 6 minutes) delivered to either Norman or Mike in small sessions, where you'll present your process and any results (don't worry if your meme didn't go viral - that's OK - just show evidence of what you did to make it so.) A 3-page analysis should accompany the presentation, posted to your group wiki, along with any relevant information about the development and dissemination process and any reaction you received.

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