As technology advances, so does the foot-hold it has on our society. We are continually being desensitised to all the nonsense that happens on the internet. The strongest force on the internet being — Memetic.
In this video, Shontavia JohnsonIn speaks to the way we are constantly being shaped my Memes, and the fact that the “funny” memes you see on Instagram and Twitter, aren’t the biggest part of the definition.
In fact, Memetics is defined as “the study of what makes ideas and information spread.” Memes are no longer funny cat videos and shower thoughts. It is now, live streaming a mass shooting in New Zealand, it is challenging Teens to a multitude of challenges that encourage suicide.
When Samual Morse invented what is known as ‘Morse code’ today, little did he know what he had started in the world of Communications. Knowing all that you know from the internet, would you tell Morse to stop if you had the chance?
Lilli Hessenberger 