Memes are typically used to convey a statement or question in a humorous manner. During these weeks of exploration, especially the analysis of political events last week, I found interesting phenomena. People will express their opinions in a unique way in the memes. In particular, sexual assaults have occurred frequently in various fields in recent years, and the voice of gender equality has become more and more important in society, such as #Metoo Movement. Feminists use the meme to express their views on gender equality rights on the Internet. I will select memes from various fields, such as sexual assault cases of politicians, gender discrimination, and some female public figures. Here are two examples I picked. This meme was created based off of the comments of Republican politician Todd Akin when asked his opinion on abortion rights in the case of rape. Todd akin said, “It seems to be, first of all, from what I understand from doctors, it’s really rare. If it...
Here is my final research question: How Internet Memes description man as abuser and woman as victim, and what messages and assumptions do Internet Memes communicate about the power relationship between male and female, specifically when featuring reactions to celebrates controversial events such as the sexual assault of famous Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein? Here are the 10 images I will use for my analysis. https://imgflip.com/i/1xfbhc https://me.me/i/8-best-moral-compass-hollywood-has-the-harvey-weinstein-says-18991089 https://imgflip.com/i/1xmgbc https://pics.me.me/harvey-weinstein-askedifihad-any-hot-friends-imgflip-com-lena-dunham-meets-28413675.png https://crayfisher.wordpress.com/2017/10/06/they-all-knew/ http://www.picsngiggles.com/2017/10/harvey-weinstein-funny-memes/ https://me.me/i/19008221 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/P1mkCRAFO2w/maxresdefault.jpg https://imgflip.com/i/2c4kmq ...
Research question: what messages and assumptions do Internet Memes communicate about the power relationship between man and woman, specifically when featuring reactions to celebrities’ controversial events, such as the sexual assault by famous Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein? feedback: Do you agree with my finding? what other aspects of finding can I explore? How can I describe my memes better?
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