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Choose two MEMES

1. Do online research and find one strong example of a GOOD MEME

2. Do online research and find one strong example of a BAD MEME

In your paper include a link and reference to each of these TWO examples of MEMES, then briefly describe each example and explain why you chose it.

PLEASE NOTE: The Good Meme you choose shouldn't just be a "funny" Meme. The Good Meme can be funny but should also demonstrate a helpful/healing/beneficial cultural message, just as the Bad Meme should demonstrate a negative/dangerous/damaging cultural message.

For the videos below I just need a note for each, don’t answer the questions just take a small note for the questions.

Video #1

What is a Meme?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCHnyMS-Ea4

Video #2

(Watch from beginning until 4:15) memes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BVpEoQ4T2M

Video #3

Susan Blackmore TedTalk / Memes and "temes" (watch from beginning until 12:06) Susan Blackmore studies memetics, founded on “the principle of universal Darwinism”. She discusses the theory of memes: ideas that replicate themselves from brain to brain like a virus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ_9-Qx5Hz4

Video #4

What happens when a bad meme goes viral?

http://www.sadiashepard.com/the-education-of-muhammad-hussain/

Video #5

Is it possible to “neutralize” a bad meme after it’s out in the world?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxoVis_6yNA