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THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF MEMES: EXPLORING THE SATIRICAL COMMENTARY

OF MEMES IN THE DIGITAL AGE

BY: CHASE FORD

Figure 1: An altered version of Mr. Krabs and a caption with the hashtag “APLang.”

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Figure 2: Comparing memes from 2012 and 2017.

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Figure 3: A frog on a unicycle

with the caption “here come

dat boi!!!!!”

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Figure 4: Ben Franklin’s

“Join or Die” print.

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Fig. 5: Comic book cover

of Captain America

punching Adolf Hitler.

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Figure 6: Poster from a “March

for Our Lives” rally on March 24,

2018.

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Figure 7: “Pepe the

Frog.”

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