Meme Analysis CMNS 2180_W22 (10%) Due: Feb 4th. 11:59pm. Moodle. Visual presentation, with 500 words, max. To be posted on Class Forum. 1. Find an example of a Meme that you would like to analyze. This can be a typical image/text internet meme, or something in a different medium, like a video challenge or profile picture change, etc. 2. Create a document that includes the meme, so we can all see what it is (if a video, put a thumbnail or two, and include the link). 3. Then, with the image, develop a short discussion about why you think this meme is culturally resonant. Write about a 500-word analysis that covers the following (you don’t have to cover them in order and answer to these may overlap): a) What does the meme mean? How does it work? What is its cultural significance? What references, ideas, issues, anxieties, and/or sources of culture does it bring together? b) What are the audiences or communities of interest for this meme? If you are aware of how the meme has travelled between different communities, reflect on how it’s meaning, or significance, may have changed. c) What do you think might motivate the engagement with/sharing of this meme? What kind of communication need is fulfilled? Consider why certain groups/communities might find the meme relevant to share? d) Can you identify any underlying cultural ideas and values on which the meme is based? Does the meme work to reinforce these, shift them, challenge them? Does the meme work to authorize particular position or way of thinking? Does the meme engage a pervasive cultural anxiety, anger or joy? 4. Upload your Meme Analysis as a unique file (pdf) or paste into the submission box for the Assignment one Forum. Marking Criteria — Meme Analysis Based on 10 Point Scale: 1-4 Not done/Inadequate 5-6 Attempted but not satisfactory in showing understanding of content or engaging at analytical and applied levels 6.5-7 Satisfactory but significantly more work to do in depth, scope and quality of analytical engagement 7.5-8 Good grasp of content, but some limits to analysis/application 8.5+ Excellent thoughtful and analytical work. Criteria Understanding. Assignment demonstrates a strong understanding of the function and significance of the memes/meme culture and engages questions of media circulation in thoughtful ways. . Critical Thinking. Assignment engages in analytical thinking, moving past description to a clearly developed argument that shows engagement with course material. Innovation. Assignment demonstrates interesting thinking about the issues raised by the topic and its relationship to social structures and practices. Structure. Assignment is well-organized, employs features of design and appropriate levels of expression. Professional writing, accurate grammar quality writing. Overall structure of is logical and easy to read. TOTAL: Score (10 Point Scale) Comments Purchase answer to see full attachment Explanation & Answer: 500 words Tags: pop culture Meme Analysis Funny Meme User generated content is uploaded by users for the purposes of learning and should be used following our company’shonor code & terms of service.

MLA In-Text Citations: The Basics

Guidelines for referring to the works of others in your text using MLA style are covered throughout the MLA Handbook and in chapter 7 of the MLA Style Manual. Both books provide extensive examples, so it’s a good idea to consult them if you want to become even more familiar with MLA guidelines or if you have a particular reference question.

BASIC IN-TEXT CITATION RULES

In MLA Style, referring to the works of others in your text is done using parenthetical citations. This method involves providing relevant source information in parentheses whenever a sentence uses a quotation or paraphrase. Usually, the simplest way to do this is to put all of the source information in parentheses at the end of the sentence (i.e., just before the period). However, as the examples below will illustrate, there are situations where it makes sense to put the parenthetical elsewhere in the sentence, or even to leave information out.

General Guidelines

• The source information required in a parenthetical citation depends (1) upon the source medium (e.g. print, web, DVD) and (2) upon the source’s entry on the Works Cited page.
• Any source information that you provide in-text must correspond to the source information on the Works Cited page. More specifically, whatever signal word or phrase you provide to your readers in the text must be the first thing that appears on the left-hand margin of the corresponding entry on the Works Cited page.

IN-TEXT CITATIONS: AUTHOR-PAGE STYLE

MLA format follows the author-page method of in-text citation. This means that the author’s last name and the page number(s) from which the quotation or paraphrase is taken must appear in the text, and a complete reference should appear on your Works Cited page. The author’s name may appear either in the sentence itself or in parentheses following the quotation or paraphrase, but the page number(s) should always appear in the parentheses, not in the text of your sentence. For example:

Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (263).

Romantic poetry is characterized by the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth 263).

Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263).

Both citations in the examples above, (263) and (Wordsworth 263), tell readers that the information in the sentence can be located on page 263 of a work by an author named Wordsworth. If readers want more information about this source, they can turn to the Works Cited page, where, under the name of Wordsworth, they would find the following information:

Wordsworth, William. Lyrical Ballads. Oxford UP, 1967.

IN-TEXT CITATIONS FOR PRINT SOURCES WITH KNOWN AUTHOR

For print sources like books, magazines, scholarly journal articles, and newspapers, provide a signal word or phrase (usually the author’s last name) and a page number. If you provide the signal word/phrase in the sentence, you do not need to include it in the parenthetical citation.

Human beings have been described by Kenneth Burke as “symbol-using animals” (3).

Human beings have been described as “symbol-using animals” (Burke 3).

These examples must correspond to an entry that begins with Burke, which will be the first thing that appears on the left-hand margin of an entry on the Works Cited page:

Burke, Kenneth. Language as Symbolic Action: Essays on Life, Literature, and Method. University of California Press, 1966.