Source: Neatorama
Memes have been deeply integrated as an identifying feature of internet culture as consumers of content themselves become creators by adding wit or silliness into otherwise neutral or even serious settings or online pieces.
No doubt, it helps bring some fun but some say that it may reduce the significance of historical events especially iconic photos of the same.
For example, scholars looked at over thirty examples of the so-called “Accidental Napalm” meme, which uses the famous image photographed by Nick Ut featuring the Vietnam War napalm girl, Phan Thi Kim Phuc, in 1972.
In analyzing several specific examples, the scholars took note of how “some memes may…
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