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Visualizing Memes

Visualizing Memes. Wes Souza. What is a “meme”?. Humorous Image? Popularized over the internet? A basic unit of cultural influence. MemeTracker. Tracks daily news cycle Records most frequent phrases Hierarchically organized. How do we Visualize?. Time to frequency?.

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Visualizing Memes

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  1. Visualizing Memes Wes Souza

  2. What is a “meme”? • Humorous Image? • Popularized over the internet? • A basic unit of cultural influence

  3. MemeTracker • Tracks daily news cycle • Records most frequent phrases • Hierarchically organized

  4. How do we Visualize? • Time to frequency? • Hostname to post date? • Approximate substring graph.

  5. Mutations of a Phrase • What is an approximate substring? • Directed graph nodes are phrases • Edges are substring relationship

  6. Visualization • Phrase bubbles • Size based on frequency • Interactive

  7. Progress • Data processor • Phrase Parser

  8. To-do • Draw spheres and edges • Interactive aspects • Orient along timeline

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