The hidden biases of Internet memes

cxfhvxgkcf-56:7 · April 07, 2015, 02:17:10 AM

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Not Comms Officer · April 07, 2015, 02:26:00 AM

This is more statistical stuff rather than actually SJW pileons.

Epsira · April 07, 2015, 02:31:16 AM

Oh boy, wait until Challenger sees this!

Raw Sugar · April 07, 2015, 02:33:15 AM

challengerX · April 07, 2015, 04:30:18 AM

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challengerX · April 07, 2015, 04:30:44 AM

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Not Comms Officer · April 07, 2015, 09:31:46 AM

Quote from: challengerX on April 07, 2015, 04:30:44 AM

Would this study be considered a meme?

Your mom is considered a meme.

DAS B00T x2 · April 07, 2015, 09:38:03 AM

And once again, the white male is shown dominant.
Go us!

Mr. Psychologist · April 07, 2015, 11:11:07 AM

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Of course, the Internet is a complicated place, and further research will be needed to get into all that; it might be worth exploring, for instance, memes that subvert mainstream biases or promote minority identities and issues

I think this is kind of missing the point of memes, in a serious/general term rather than meme-memes. A meme is a meme because it's something that enters the mainstream consciousness. If you start trying to force a meme then that tends to go down about as well as forcing a meme. So to highlight positive maymays of minorities you'll just end up with pisstake memes of said memes outmemeing the forced-memes and having an opposite effect to the one desired.

Isara · April 07, 2015, 11:48:49 AM

No shit.

Quote from: S\ash on April 07, 2015, 02:17:10 AM

“These findings corroborate many of the observations made in [past] qualitative studies,” the researchers sum up, “in which the memetic sphere was described as dominated by young, white men.”

big sponge · April 07, 2015, 11:55:38 AM

Quote from: Mr Psychologist on April 07, 2015, 11:11:07 AM

If you start trying to force a meme then that tends to go down about as well as forcing a meme.

Unless you're on old flood which tried to force a meme every other week in a bid to become internet famous. God that shit was annoying.

challengerX · April 07, 2015, 01:59:31 PM

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