4.1 Cultural Context
Cultural Phenomenon
What are the biggest cultural phenomenons in 2023
- Oppenheimer and Barbie
- Swifties
- Cybertruck
- Skibidi toilet
Many people are part of subcultures and niches
Mr. Poon ‘would not like to share’ what subcultures he participates in
Subtopic 4.1 has four subcategories
- A. Arts, entertainment, and pop culture
- Rizz
- Looksmaxxing
- Mewing
- Jujutsu Kaisen
- Skibidi toilet
- Blue smurf cat
- Josh Hutcherson - ‘Whistle’
- ‘-core’ suffix
- Grimace shake
- B. Home, leisure and tourism
- C. Heritage, customs, and traditions
- D. Subcultures
Culture is moving faster and faster
What are memes?
- Memes can have all types of forms
- They don’t stay relevant forever
How do memes influence society and notes?
- Creates sense of community and connection
- Connect with people globally
Quote
‘Memes are like fashion, they don’t stay relevant forever’ -Michael Hu, 12 Jan 2023
In 2024, absurdism is a main component of memes
- Gen Z memes, such as grimace shake, skibidi toilet, etc
- The reason why Gen Z finds absurd things funny is widespread depression
- Not as easily stimulated emotionally due to overload of memes
Social media is being more flexible with memes
- Giving creators more freedom
- People get desensitised to dark things
Home, Leisure, and Tourism
Internet of Things
A system of interrelated computing devices, mechanicals, and digital machines, objects, animals, or people that are provided with unique identifiers and the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction
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Encompasses everything connected to the internet
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Objects that ‘talk’ to each other
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Multiple IoTs together can create an ecosystem
Security issues
- Can be hacked
- Measures:
- Two factor authentication
- Secure password
- etc
Gaming, sports, and leisure
- Enabled by technologies such as internet, live replay, platforms such as AirBnB
Gig Economy
- Enabled by platforms such as AirBnB, Uber, Doordash, etc
- Platforms control a lot of your job
- Considered freelance work
- Need to factor in labour insurance / retirement savings, etc
- Deductions and expenses can cut into earnings
- Workers can set their own schedules and work hours, but sometimes can be controlled by app as well
- Apps frequently take a large commission, and may leave the worker liable