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Visual Culture and Web 2.0

Written by Michael Black As humans we are living in a world where we are surrounded by images that can shape our decision making and create patterns to follow. In these times, with everyone having access to the online world at their fingertips, the amount of visuals, pictures, and video images can be substantial. BeingContinue reading “Visual Culture and Web 2.0”

Saturation

Written By Michael Black Consumption of Images in Social Media With the dependency towards technology and social media, we have become accustomed to creating images and devoting countless hours consuming the creations of others. Specifically, with the presence of social media, we have become more saturated with images than ever before. A significant portion ofContinue reading “Saturation”

Memes and Evolutionary Stable Strategy (ESS)

Written by Donika Lekaj The concept and characteristics of the’ idea-meme’ are foundational in understanding the Internet meme. Coined by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, ‘meme’ describes a “unit of cultural transmission” (1976, chapter 11 p. 4) with the capacity to evolve via imitation processes and cultural mutations into new forms. In “The Selfish Gene” DawkinsContinue reading “Memes and Evolutionary Stable Strategy (ESS)”

Memes and Intertextuality

Written by Donika Lekaj Cultural mutations of ideas from person to person are something that poststructuralist theorists classify as inevitable in an intertextual environment. Intertextuality measures influence of outside texts on idea forms and anchors creation strictly towards imitation or remix. For example : 1) Text placed within formal frames provides context for interpretation/creation (series,Continue reading “Memes and Intertextuality”

Selfies and Mass Communication

Written by Donika Lekaj Poststructuralists believe that positioning within systems of language can construct personal subjectivity- it perhaps in this sense that we may begin to understand why selfies have become so infamously related to narcissism. While Manuel Castells term of ‘mass self-communication’(Ceid100, Module 8) and Danah Boyd’s optimism towards ‘worldly’ online network construction ofContinue reading “Selfies and Mass Communication”

Storytelling in Videos

Written by Lida Qanun Who doesn’t love a good story, and with the current digital age it has become so much more accessible for each of us to tell our own stories on the web. Videos have become a popular method of communication on the internet, especially with the rise of YouTube. The video-sharing websiteContinue reading “Storytelling in Videos”

Visual Manipulation

Written By Lida Qanun With photography making up most of the content we face in this digital age, it is important to understand where photos have originated from. This is due to the fact that photos are a powerful communication tool for spreading knowledge. If you’ve heard the saying in passing, “a picture is worthContinue reading “Visual Manipulation”

Final Project Group Members

This is a blog written by Lida Qanun, Michael Black and Donika Lekaj, for the purpose of our CEID 100 Fall 2019 final assignment on the topic of “Visual Culture Online”.