Robert Zhu
ASA4 A01
In Truth is a Virus, Boyd talks about the power of meme warfare and it’s influence on a population. I am familiar with meme’s prior to this article because they are all over social media, but the article made me realize that meme’s are more than just a joke. In meme’s all there needs to be is a description and a picture what it is referencing to - whether it is the truth or not. I find that this can be a problem politically because it can sort of twist the words or ideas of the picture it is representing. This “joke” can spread very fast and become popularized with different versions of the meme which then becomes the new truth. There is even a UC Davis Meme page on facebook and I have come to realized that a significant amount of meme’s posted has pictures of politicians and it does have an effect on how I perceive the person. For example, if the meme on a specific person has descriptions related to examinations and the college life, it would slightly change how I see the person whether positively or negatively.
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