Tuesday, 20 September 2011

Medal of Honour Cat

  What is a meme?
The term Internet meme is used to describe a concept that spreads via the Internet, it is propagated through the World Wide Web and may take the form of a hyperlink, video or picture.

  Who creates them and how are they created?
Any one can create a meme by finding a picture, video or hyperlink and adding a humorous comment. It can be any subject but is mainly something that entertains the creator.

  How are memes published and who publishes them?
Memes are published on the internet by anyone, either on Social Networking, Blogs or other websites. It is usually the original creator who publishes them and then it is virally transmitted through the internet.


   My Favorite Meme



   Why?
I only saw this meme because someone else found it, but instantly it became funny to me. The simplicity of the idea appealed to me because making something too complicated bores me. Just by looking at the amount of views the videos has you can determine how popular it is, 10,834,838. Ten million views on a single video is a lot and considering it has been created by a normal everyday person thats pretty impressive. You would expect to see something like this being created by professional special effect artists but instead its been shot on a an everyday camera.

   What is the Legacy of your meme?
When you type "Medal of Honor Cat" in to YouTube the main result is the original video, however several other spoofs have been created by users, for example remixes are quite popular. Moreover there are several videos reviewing the production and filming so this proves the videos is popular as others are attempting to copy it.


I originally found out about it through people in my class, I watched their screen and instantly liked it.