Background President Donald Trump announced on March 29th that he would be extending social distancing guidelines for at least another month, specifically until April 30th. The next time we could be outside and live a normal life again is possibly in May. Every year when the month of May approaches, memes would surface on social […]
Read more "It’s Gonna Be May"Objective My objective for the viral challenge was to create a meme that received at least 300 views on Imgur. I became inspired to create this meme after seeing other users on Twitter posting different texting conversations on this cartoon template: Girl and boy texting in bed from MemeTemplatesOfficial I noticed that all the versions […]
Read more "Getting Close to Viral—What Went Right and Wrong"Recently, I have heard many of my friends and family members discussing that they haven’t been able to find toilet paper in any of the supermarkets or stores. One of my friends even went to a local convenience store and said they were selling a six-pack of toilet paper for $22. After that conversation, I […]
Read more "Trying To Go Viral During COVID-19"My objective for this project was to just hit at least 100 views on my meme. I was expecting it to be difficult to draw a large number of views to Imgur because it was a platform I wasn’t familiar with and had never used before. What I realized throughout this project is that […]
Read more "Marketing A Meme"Objective: I believe the best way for me to measure the marketing of this meme is keep track of how many views I am at after I post on a social media site. For example, the day that I post on Instagram, a couple hours later I will check Imgur to see if I have […]
Read more "The Viral Betty White"Objective The goal of the campaign is to go viral, or have as many people see it as possible. The measurable objective of this campaign is to hit at least 100 likes on Twitter and to have over 1k view count on imgur. Background One popular format I have seen of a lot of text […]
Read more "Animal Crossing Meme"Introduction Going viral is a goal that social media users dream of. We’ve all been there. You think of a fire tweet, look it over several times, throw in a couple of hashtags for more engagement, but other people don’t seem to find that tweet as “likebale” as you had hoped. You then lose the […]
Read more "How Hard is it to Make a Meme Go Viral?"Objective The main objective was to reach at least 300 views on Imagur. Meme Inspiration In the midst of social distancing, there have been plenty of memes on social media regarding everyone’s experiences, especially boredom, after the first few days of not leaving home. I created this meme because it showed how I felt […]
Read more "Spongebob Meme Campaign Analysis"Background This meme is based on the “Meets” Meme frame, combining the “To-Do List – Nothing” SpongeBob GIF and current culture during the coronavirus pandemic. This meme frame became popular on Twitter beginning in 2018 and continues to be popular, reemerging over the past year. Featured below is an example, using this meme frame, that […]
Read more "SpongeBob Goes Viral"There is no question that we are spending a lot more time on social media with the reality we are facing with Coronavirus right now. With the saturation of content on social media, TikTok users have turned to humor to express their newfound reality. What do you think of the content circulating TikTok involving Coronavirus, […]
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