{"622558":{"#nid":"622558","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Event Explores How Memes Let Us Express Ourselves","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Literature, Media, and Communication Associate Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.lmc.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/0b1df31f-e3c7-5173-877a-0e8f6aa00ae6\u0022\u003EAndre Brock\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;was quoted in\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/lifestyles\/event-explores-how-memes-let-express-ourselves\/8S1OTF4mFUw72y97hnFaqN\/\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026quot;Event Explores How Memes Let Us Express Ourselves\u0026quot;\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EAJC,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003EJune 12.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAt its most basic and fundamental, a meme is a picture overlaid with text. Usually, the image is instantly relatable, like\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/knowyourmeme.com\/memes\/roll-safe\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ea man with a smug smile\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;pointing at his temple, urging consideration, and the text is an idea or thought well-described by the image. Their special meaning comes from being recycled, repurposed and combined at the blinding pace of the internet, becoming relatable abstracted away from their original meaning.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/lmc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EThe School of Literature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is a unit of\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/lifestyles\/event-explores-how-memes-let-express-ourselves\/8S1OTF4mFUw72y97hnFaqN\/\u0022\u003ERead the full article.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34559","created_gmt":"2019-06-17 21:50:24","changed_gmt":"2019-06-19 13:50:13","author":"pdemerritt3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"big tech","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/lifestyles\/event-explores-how-memes-let-express-ourselves\/8S1OTF4mFUw72y97hnFaqN\/","dateline":{"date":"2019-06-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-06-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"622557":{"id":"622557","type":"image","title":"Andre Brock","body":null,"created":"1560808187","gmt_created":"2019-06-17 21:49:47","changed":"1560808187","gmt_changed":"2019-06-17 21:49:47","alt":"A portrait photo of Andre Brock","file":{"fid":"237113","name":"Andre_brock_270x239.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Andre_brock_270x239.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Andre_brock_270x239.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":46333,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Andre_brock_270x239.jpg?itok=0Gd8goX1"}}},"media_ids":["622557"],"groups":[{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"181530","name":"Andre Brock"},{"id":"125991","name":"memes"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}