A Purposeful Use for Silly Media?

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A Purposeful Use for Silly Media? 24th TCC Pre-conference Session • March 20, 2019 https://cog.dog/show/2019/03/20/silly-media/ Alan Levine https://cog.dog • @cogdog

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It moves too…

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What is one you have most recently seen? (share in chat)

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meme: a self-replicating unit of information Wikimedia Commons image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Selfish_Gene3.jpg

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A Pause

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Original LOLcat? Happy Cat Image (Something Awful, 2003) Text added (2007) leading to http:// www.icanhascheezburger.com https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/happy-cat

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Actually It Was 1905 “WHAT’S DELAYING MY DINNER” by Harry Whittier Frees Wikimedia Commons public domain image https:// commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harry_Whittier_Frees_- _What%27s_Delaying_My_Dinner.jpg

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Lord of the Rings (2001) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r21CMDyPuGo

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Google Image search on one does not simply use a meme

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The 'Distracted Boyfriend' Meme's Photographer Explains All https://www.wired.com/story/distracted-boyfriend-meme-photographer-interview/

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The 'Distracted Boyfriend' Meme's Photographer Explains All https://www.wired.com/story/distracted-boyfriend-meme-photographer-interview/

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The 'Distracted Boyfriend' Meme's Photographer Explains All https://www.wired.com/story/distracted-boyfriend-meme-photographer-interview/

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http://make.arganee.world/assignments/meme-meme/

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https://imgﬂip.com/memegenerator

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http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/oprahs-you-get-a-car

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Why attend TCC? https://imgﬂip.com/memegenerator

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https://imgﬂip.com/memegenerator Why attend TCC? Tweet meme to @cogdog "TCC is complex…” "TCC distracts me from…” “Everybody gets something from TCC”

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http://make.arganee.world/assignments/most- fascinating-subject-meme/

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ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE MEMES

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WHOLESOME MEMES

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SOCIAL COMMENTARY MEMES

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not so GIFerent?

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GIF 1.0 https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/06/25-year-history-animated-gif-gif-format/326863/

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These Incredible Animated Gifs Are More Than 150 Years Old https://www.wired.com/2013/12/ these-150-year-old-gifs-are-insane/

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Movie Scenes http://iwdrm.tumblr.com/

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Somewhere Between Photo and Video http://cinemagraphs.com/

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GIF As Short Form Video http://bit.ly/udg-video "Creating a GIFBoom Animation" flickr photo by cogdogblog https://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/19514457080 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license

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EXPLAINER GIFS

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Microphotographic Cinema Caenorhabditis elegans http://wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CrawlingCelegans.gif

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What the Eye Cannot See Biomorphosis: http://bit.ly/hummergif

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Sign With Robert https://giphy.com/signwithrobert/

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Geometry of Parking https://twitter.com/mathemaniac/ status/801963245137338368

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SCHOOL REACTION GIFS @davidtedu • https://ideafm.org/

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MAKING GIFS

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http://make.arganee.world/assignments/many-gifs-from-one/ HAWAIIAN

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Copy Link https://youtu.be/un3YEpDFhN8

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GIF Maker https://giphy.com/create/gifmaker

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More Silliness • Presentation Links  https://cog.dog/show/ 2019/03/20/silly-media/ • Aﬀordances of Silly Media (workshop)  https://cog.dog/roo/silly/ • One Does Not Simply Make NetNarr Memes?  http://netnarr.arganee.world/ book-of-stuﬀ/memes/ • NetNarr GIF Reader  http://gif.arganee.world/ Alan Levine https://cog.dog • @cogdog