"Truth is a Virus" & "Electronic Disturbance"

The usage of memes in ideological warfare is a relatively new concept that has taken the media and internet by storm. Using memes to spread ideas and concepts through the internet at a rapid rate allows for political agendas and other ideas to quickly come into view of everyone who views it, as it is easy to understand and comprehend for the most part. I think that memes do indeed play a huge role in the political atmosphere of today because movements and campaign can make memes to spread their ideas to a large audience, possibly luring people into their cause. The prevalence of memes has certainly increased with the continuing opposition to the political decisions and other movements globally. Misinformation in the memes can also lead to widespread misunderstanding of certain ideas and facts, making them more important than they appear as some people may use them as actual facts and be mislead.

The electronic disturbances used on the different platforms show the its overall purpose of sending subliminal/nonsubliminal messages to the audience in order to achieve its purpose. The agendas and propaganda that can be spread using these such interference show how easy it is to spread ideas in this day and age as social platforms are one click away on the internet compared to way back in the day when such actions required a lot of man power and effort to achieve. With social media outlets, such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, such agendas and interference can be done easily as everyone can view it whether they want to or not. I think that this is already being done through the memes and subliminal messaging done through social media that almost everyone digests daily.

Andrew's presentation gave me insight into the world of writers and the Asian American representation in American literature. The stereotyping of such writers shows how difficult it is for Asian Americans to be successful in the literature world. Either writing about their experience , a cliche, or writing about Asian literature is something that is a double-edged sword as it shows how typical it is for them to write about themselves and their culture rather than writing about something more interesting. I think that it is also a fascinating point that Andrew brought up about how diverse non-white television shows are usually centered on the families because it gives the Caucasian audience a chance to see how life is like in different families of different colors.