Rex Bachmann
Screenwriter
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- Nov 10, 2001
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- Rex Bachmann
Ken Chan wrote (post #17):
That's wholly beside the point! Electronic media spread lots of things around. Some things "catch on" and some things don't. Now, why would that be? I would look to the cultural prestige---or in this case, a sort of "anti-prestige"---of the originators (the "coolness" factor). That would hold both in pre- and post-electronic ages.
It's an issue not of how a meme (a cultural behavior, practice, or belief) gets disseminated, but why it "sticks" or "catches on" with the populace. This is a social, not a technological issue.[/SIZE]
That's wholly beside the point! Electronic media spread lots of things around. Some things "catch on" and some things don't. Now, why would that be? I would look to the cultural prestige---or in this case, a sort of "anti-prestige"---of the originators (the "coolness" factor). That would hold both in pre- and post-electronic ages.
It's an issue not of how a meme (a cultural behavior, practice, or belief) gets disseminated, but why it "sticks" or "catches on" with the populace. This is a social, not a technological issue.[/SIZE]