The role of memes in the construction of Facebook personae

Abstract

This research is based on the assumption that social media sites – such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube – have changed the way in which memes (culturally transmitted ideas) are transmitted or spread. It is argued that social media have provided the most fertile environment for the replication of memes to date. The social networking site Facebook is the main social media example used throughout the research. The way in which Facebook is represented in film, as well as the ways in which the offline lives of the characters are affected by their social media profiles, specifically as depicted in the film Catfish (Joost and Schulman 2010) are analysed. Lastly, it is argued that one can construct an entirely new persona, or merely experiment with different aspects of who you are, on social media sites. This online persona can be influenced by the memes one chooses to spread online. Naturally, all memes carry connotations, values and judgements. These memes collate with one's profile and, thus, the connotations attached to the memes one shares are then associated with one's online persona/profile. It is found that although a social networking user tries to portray him/herself in an idealised manner, these memetic connotations give a true impression of his/her offline persona. As a result, there is not much difference between the user's online and offline personae.     

Do Online Election Campaigns Win Votes? The 2007 Australian “YouTube” Election

Studies of Web use during elections have focused mainly on the content of Web sites and on the major factors driving parties' and candidates' adoption of the technology. Evaluations of the electoral impact of Web campaigns have been more limited. This article examines the nature and extent of Web use by voters and parties in the 2007 Australian federal election, focusing particularly on the consequences of Web 2.0 campaigning for candidate vote share. The findings show differing levels of commitment to older and newer e-campaigning technology across parties and their supporters and significant electoral advantages are associated with minor parties candidates using Web 2.0 campaign tools. The results confirm existing studies' findings about the impact of Web campaigns on contemporary elections, but that these effects are moderated by the type of Web tools used and party using them.     

Hacia una ubicación conceptual de Internet como medio de comunicación

The academic field of communications continues to face several challenges related to its disciplinary development. From an epistemological perspective, the definition of its object of study presents a still unfinished conceptual elaboration which would have made possible a more solid reflection vis-á-vis the new technologies that enable communicative acts in the framework of the media. This article seeks to provide elements that may strengthen this category in view of the Internet as an innovation that offers unprecedented possibilities for interactive communication not only due to the space-time compression it entails, but also to the rhizome structures through which information flows. It argues that the Internet is a communications media with unknown possibilities for expression and dissemination, based mainly on the social uses of hypertextual foundation which facilitates the operation of one of the most frequently used communication environments: the World Wide Web.     

基于OAI-PMH的DSPACE元数据接口研究

在以汇文图书集成管理信息系统为代表的文献资源管理共享系统中贮藏着数以亿计的符合CNMARC标准的数据信息,但识别CNMARC格式需要特定系统的支持。为解决其数据信息的Web2.0应用问题,采用OAI-PMH协议提供的元数据挖掘和收割技术,对汇文系统的CNMARC数据和基于Dspace系统的学术典藏库的都柏林元数据格式的接口进行研究和分析,得出数据移植的具体实现方法。     

BrowStEx: A tool to aggregate browser storage artifacts for forensic analysis

Web storage or browser storage, a new client-side data storage feature, was recommended as a part of the HTML5 specifications and now widely adopted by major web browser vendors. Web storage with native browser support has changed the paradigm of web application development unprecedentedly because persistent data storage with increased data size can be realized on the client. Web storage is poised to quickly become an area of particular interest for forensic investigators due to the potential to discover critical information from web browser artifacts at client side. However, the literature work on web browser forensics has traditionally focused on browsing history, browser cache, and cookie files (Oh et al., 2011). Therefore, we first discuss the prevalence of web storage implementation in widely used websites. Then, we compare and contrast the web storage technology currently implemented in the five major web browsers, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and Apple's Safari. Moreover, in order to provide more insights into web storage and enable unified forensic analysis, a proof-of-concept tool, named as BrowStEx (Browser Storage Extractor), is described with implementation details. The commonalities, differences, and the proof-of-concept tool discussed in this paper can be useful in developing advanced forensic tools that can extract browser storage artifacts.     

网络主题探究教学模式的设计——以《英语测试》课程考试成绩分析为例

网络主题探究教学模式（WebQuest）即学生通过网络来寻求某个问题的解决方案。该设计把现代教育技术——网络教学资源融入传统的《英语测试》课程中,以＂考试成绩分析＂的主题为例,研究网络主题探究教学模式及设计方法,通过定性分析和定量分析相结合的方法,探讨网络主题探究教学模式对学生及其自主学习的影响。     

基于ASP技术企业电子商务网站的规划与设计

文中针对企业电子商务网站的建设和在电子商务网站上如何建立管理系统提出了个人的认识和见解。并提供了如何利用ASP技术访问W eb数据库的操作方法。     

校内网,你还能走多远

最近，校内网以它自己的特色打开了大学生市场。故从市场背景中分析校内网兴起的原因，校内网的营销模式，现在已有的成就，成功的原因，及与市场同类产品对比校内同的优势与不足。     

综合性中文门户网站女性频道与青年女性发展——以新浪、搜狐、网易为例

综合性中文门户网站女性频道崇尚自由、情感、现代,表面上体现了对青年女性的关爱,实际上是打着妇女解放的旗号,对青年女性实行新一轮的压迫.商业动机和女性网络工作者的缺位是女性频道变相复制现实中男女不平等的深层次原因,女性频道只有树立起真正的社会责任感,让女性赢得话语权,才是有利于青年女性发展的出路.     

ASP.NET 2.0数据传输机制兼容与创新研究

作者在文中论述了ASP.NET 2.0兼容与创新的数据传输方式,研究了创新的数据传输方式的兼容性,适用性、易用性、性能、高级语言特性等方面,为选择最合适的页面间数据传输方式提供理论依据。