Social media winners and losers in the Olympics opening ceremony

Danny Boyle and his army of volunteers are to be commended on a stunning television production for the London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony. But if you only watched one screen, you missed a significant…

16 July 2012

7tw6cstf-1342069683 — Memes will play an important role – and provide some fun – during the London Olympics. Facebook.com/TheOlympicMemes

Meme team: Olympic fandom meets the internet

By Sean Rintel

London 2012 is already seeing fierce competition for meme supremacy. Memes, especially in the form of captioned images – or image macros – are an increasingly mainstream form by which people comment on…

15 August 2011

Screen_shot_2011-08-15_at_2.02.22_pm — Internet comment culture signals the rise of an active public voice.

Obama? Norway killings? London riots? You can has a meme for that …

By Sean Rintel

Alongside serious reportage of bad news, you’ve probably come across at least one crisis meme that treats that bad news with a dose of ghoulish humour. Just hours after the Daily Mail printed the image…

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Social media winners and losers in the Olympics opening ceremony

Meme team: Olympic fandom meets the internet

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