NMD 200
I picked a meme, which is snapchat picture of Millie Bobby Brown, where some trolls wrote underneath antigay messages. Not only this is hurting LGBTQ+ community by spreading hate messages against them. But also it made Millie to completely leave one social media platform (Twitter), More
Although this meme is dark I thought it was important to highlight. This meme started as a joke that the father comes into his son’s room to kind of cheer him up and see how he’s doing while he is playing video games. Slowly it More
When COVID-19 first was announced, and even now, there were a lot of harmful stereotypes and misinformation about Asian people. This was harmful to me, my family, and also the Asian community because there were a lot of stereotypes, stigmas, and misinformation that turned into More
The meme topic I picked was pronoun use. I might just be sensitive, but as someone who has they/them pronouns being misgendered hurts, what hurts even more is when I’m told that my sexuality is fake. I don’t think it’s that hard to understand that More
Destructive Meme So for my own sake, I’m not creating a destructive meme. Two reasons, first of which is my desire to not make something cruel or offensive enough to be characterized as “destructive”. Second, I’m not sure I’ll capture the type of meme in More
This meme is one that could be easily found on pretty much any social media. While it is totally up to the individual to interpret it, I find that the abundance of memes about suicide and depression is detrimental to lifting stigmas surrounding mental health. More
This is a meme about body dysmorphia. Many people in my life including myself struggle with body dysmorphia. Although people may think it would help to be able to laugh about it, memes such as the one above are very hurtful and sometime can even More
This meme shows Bill Gates holding some sort of vaccine. The meme states “We need to decrease the world’s population”, and under reads “I have a vaccine for that”. This meme is harmful because it is attacking 2 things, More
The set of memes that I chose are made using a picture of willy Wonka, the memes made using this picture are all meant to be condescending. The point of them is to use something about somebody else to belittle them or invalidate their feelings, More
I have seen so many memes like these ones. They are destructive because they perpetuate the problems created by social media and technology by normalizing them. Sometimes relatable memes are good, but when they promote destructive behavior, they are a problem. They create the mindset More
When thinking about the cultural effects of fake news, memes, propaganda, etc., we see how surrounded these topics are. For instance, when addressing the memes, we often see the term “dark humor” this saying is often slapped in front of a meme that will come More
This is a meme that I found on Google which I find extremely destructive. This is a meme that puts people of the LGBTQ community into a category of good or bad with specific criteria. Not only is this meme just straight-up homophobic, but it More
This meme I made is meant to represent someone choosing to do absolutely nothing over doing something. The reason this is destructive in a way is because of how most people prefer doing nothing and staying home, which affects them since they are choosing not More
This is the picture I chose for my damaging meme. Covid 19 has and still is playing such a huge role in our lives. In a time of death by viral disease, you would think that as a country we would attempt to come More
When trying to come up with a destructive meme, the first thing I could think of was all the memes that were circulating the internet around the time of the “tide pod challenge.” It’s unknown when, where or how this “challenge” originated, but soon enough, More
For the record, I despise Kyle Rittenhouse and think he is a murderer. The harm caused by this meme extends far beyond just this situation. Kyle killed two unarmed protestors that were asserting their fundamental rights. Not only were they killed while under protection from More
The meme that I chose makes joke of mental health and how people feel about themselves which after the recent topics we’ve discussed hit a wrong chord with me. I not think mental health is a thing that should be used as a joke as More
When I first started working on this assignment, I thought I was going to take this opportunity to find some funny memes and make light of the situation. However, when I started looking up destructive memes, a dark shadow started to cast over me More
The harmful meme I chose is this one of Hillary Clinton and actress Chloe Grace Moretz, both holding donuts. Although not explicitly stated, the creator of this meme is assuming that people will make the connection between the sizes of the holes in the donuts More
This is the picture I chose for my damaging meme. Before and during Trump’s presidency I saw a lot of these types of pictures. Photoshopping Trump to make him look badass, I’ve seen his head photoshopped onto the body of Rocky Balboa and I’ve seen More
One cultural effect that I’ve noticed takes form due to our social media communication network stems from the idea of categorizing those with disabilities as different. This doesn’t necessarily relate to fake news, political memes, or propaganda however whoever created the top meme (the meme More
I don’t really believe there is much of a fix for good news being buried and lost amongst all all the scandals and bad news, at least on a global scale. Bad news simply travels a lot faster than good news, its inherently more enticing More
The following meme is promoting sexism and homophobia. This meme could be very triggering for women and the LGBTQ community and is not beneficial in any way. 64% of LGBTQ+ respondents have been harassed online, at disproportionately higher rates of harassment than all other identity More
I had to email this meme from my phone to my computer, with the subject line “Garbage I Have To Use For Class”. It’s basically just trying to discredit the common sentiment that people share, that climate change is a harmful process that is likely More
This meme came out in the aftermath of the January 6th, 2021 March on the Capitol. The left column of photos depict a rioter, while the right column depicts a victimized police officer who defended the Capitol on that day. While proved to be two More
