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Short Response

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Short Responses

 

 

Short

Responses

 


 

Description:

Approximately 10 times during the course of the semester (more or less once each week that you do not have the final draft of a major project due), you will be assigned to write a short response to a prompt by using the wiki's comment function (i.e., the field under "comment(s)" at the bottom of the wiki page on which the prompt appears). These pages will be titled "Response [#]" and linked from our Schedule page under deliverables. Additionally, all but the first two people to post a response will be assigned to make a comment on at least two other students' responses (i.e., you will make a comment in response to my prompt as well as a comment on at least two other student's comments made in response to my prompt). Successfully executing these assigned responses will earn you one point (I will not provide direct feedback on your prompts, but you will be able to track credit earned via Blackboard's Grade Center function). A deadline will be attached to each response; late responses will earn zero credit.

 

Invention:

Each assigned response will have its own specific prompt (a description of which of our course readings or assignments you should focus on in the response and the objective you should try to achieve in writing the response). For these reasons it is important that you pay close attention to these prompts to make sure you are answering all aspects of the question under review. It is also necessary to read, or at least skim, the responses that your colleagues have posted before you. You should be doing this anyway in order to pick out which of their responses you would like to comment on, but it will also help you make sure that you are not repeating in your response a sentiment that another student has already expressed and might also help inspire you own response in some way. 

 

Composition:

Comments on our wiki are limited to 2000 characters (a running character count is provided immediately below each comment field), so you will need to be concise to make your point effectively. If you really feel that you can't get your point across in 2000 characters, feel free to divided your submission into two separate comments.

 

As mentioned above, all but the first two people to comment on any of our first response will be required to post comments to a minimum of two other students' comments. Be sure to make these more substantial than merely agreeing or disagreeing with your colleague's comment--at the very least you should be explaining specifically why you (dis)agree.

Comments (1)

Lakshmi Nerusu said

at 1:01 pm on Sep 6, 2014

As a second year college student, I have been addicted to memes since my freshman year in college. Over this past year, I realized that people post memes not just for laughs, but also monetary benefit. They get paid for their comedic ideas! If these entertainers keep obtaining more and more viewers, they are likely to keep their job. As a result of this, they strive to keep their audience content and satisfied through comedic ideas.
So, as an entertainer, obviously one would have to gauge what kinds of topics would be the most beneficial financially to them and their entertainment company. It is normal in current day society to have entertainment through impersonal means, such as sitting in front of a computer screen by oneself. The ones viewing the memes are essentially the public, us. The meme creators respond to what we give them: views. The more views they get on certain genres, the more they will create memes on that topic. The public is indirectly choosing the type of memes created. People like to share comedy, wit, and current events in a cursory manner because individuals do not have time and/or do not enjoy reading articles. Therefore, they enjoy memes to catch up on celebrities, contemporary fashion, and even current events. Although meme makers mock celebrities and slam public figures, it is imperative to relate their presentation of ideas as a reflection of what the public is thinking.
One of the most popular genres of memes is the mockery of celebrities and government officials. These memes advance stereotypes of certain ethnicities, ridicule the President, and laugh at celebrities wardrobes. The views on such memes are greater than the views on educational memes, leading one to believe contemporary society finds satisfaction in ridiculing others through an impersonal basis and memes strengthen this practice. Our society has become one that justifies discrimination and prejudice if it is done in an impersonal medium, such as memes.

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