INTERNET PHENOMENA

Internet Phenomena



Topic

Study a selected sample of 'internet phenomena' from memes and parodies to viral videos, using the critical model of 'symbolic convergence', to then explain their link with technological and business convergence.

Executive Summary

Internet meme is a thought, an idea that spreads virally from user to user through the World Wide Web. The term Internet meme is currently the most frequently used to describe symbolic character spreading through the internet. Internet memes can spread through various information sites and social blogs (generally through Internet pages in), e-mail, instant messaging, as well as other services net qualitative. At the same time, the Internet meme has become the most popular way of spreading ideas and culture. Today internet meme has an impact on the acceptance of culture, education and the development of personality in young as it uses comics, cartoons and games. The reason of their popularity is quite obvious that memes (which are pictures, phrases, videos or any other formats of information) spreads via websites and can be reused and adapted through parodies by anyone. Viral power of this phenomenon can be observed from the fact that the phenomenon is widely used in marketing, for obvious reasons Internet memes are contagious, is presented in a form that people love to share on social networks and is current. The best expression of this phenomenon is caused by Internet users. Internet meme has a short shelf life. The Bormann's symbolic convergence theory can also be linked with the media, technological, and business convergence as this theory looks at how people take on with a plan or thought which comes from someone else, and how these ideas spreads quickly and influences other people. Memes are sorts of information replicated to the point of turning a well-liked expression over the internet. Since, the definition of meme is a clear indication of the fact that how Bormann's symbolic convergence theory is associated with the technological, business, and media convergence. Today, amid the phenomenon of media convergence, transits symbolic intensified and the boundaries between different media of human communication become less obvious. The emergence of new media changed our culture. As the invention of printing was also a turning point for the Western culture. The dissemination of the Internet is changing our lives. Many people do not realize how the internet has great influence in their lives. The emergence of new media has changed our culture. The dissemination of the Internet is changing our lives. The literature is quite present formulation that technological convergence is a process of rapid convergence of different technology platforms, which enabled the rapid development of digital technology data, and computer networks. Before the Internet, IT had two business models. On the Internet, several vendors now offer their product services in different forms also in a form of viral videos and memes. The Internet is operating substantial changes in business, individual and social life of communities, integrating people with unlimited distance, time and space. A number of small advertisers now have another form ...