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Journal 17

This article was interesting to read because it discusses about memes and its affects on the political culture. What made it so notable was the fact that memes are so important in our daily aspects that I feel like it was very easy to relate to this article. The fact that it is described to be a virus in the system is what made it interesting because in a sense social media has been broadcasted to be of such importance than it could easily populate the world of social media and contaminate viewers minds. The fact that majority of the people nowadays have social media makes it all the more meaningful to this article because we can easily relate to the fact when we scroll through Instagram and see a meme on Donald Trump we would definately take a pause and look at the meme again and perhaps let a smile on our faces. I feel that social media is in fact a strong tool to pass on messages to viewers because the intent of it to make humor of the content on their meme makes it easier to understand. 

Also i think that with social media becoming more and more important to teenager's minds it is agreeable to say that it is a virus in our system and it is flawed because many things on social media come from subjective point of views and often times it is easily mistaken or even taken offensively by other people and causing tantrums and other questions arising. I don't think use of social media is very effective but in reality it is the quickest way in our generation now to deliver a message to viewers and even hundreds at a time.  

The reading "Electronic Disturbance" by Ricardo Dominguez acknowledges the issue of social media and memes and urges for activism and proactive approach through mainstream social media that it provides a huge platform.