Part I My case study is focusing on how Atheists portray themselves through Internet memes. Mainly, I am investigating how Atheism is portrayed as morally and intellectually superior to other forms of religion through their use of sarcastic and mocking memes. https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-of-the-best-Atheist-memes This meme is a prime example of how Atheists project an image of intellectual superiority and attempt to bash other religions with their mocking tone. The criteria I used in selecting the 12 memes to be discussed in my final paper mostly have to do with the content of the memes themselves and less to do with their formatting or use of a certain stock character. Their commonalities lie in their tone and the messages being communicated through the memes. The 12 memes I chose all use mocking tones and communicate a message of supremacy or authority over those who believe in something other than Atheist ideals. I found all of my memes on Google Images whi
Considering the Relationship between Online & Offline Authority in Shaping Meme Messages https://countercreationist.wordpress.com/2016/04/23/atheist-memes-2/ This meme speaks to issues about religious authority by calling into question God's legitimacy. The meme makes fun of the logic behind this particular teaching and undermines God's authority by mocking him. https://aminoapps.com/page/atheist-amino/4111879/some-memes This meme calls into question the religious authority of members who do not condone homosexuality. It uses examples of other "unnatural" events within the Bible to show the incongruities in their argument. The Internet meme genres that appear in my meme sample are primarily reaction memes that use stock characters to portray a particular reaction. Mainly, the memes are reacting to dominant Christian beliefs that Atheists find incorrect and attempt to debunk certain aspects of Christian dogma. The frames used are mocking