== INTERNETFAMO.U$

**FAME LAB** -- //measuring the immeasurable since 1996.// -- semi-academic research into cultural studies, semiotics, and popular culture

* [[famo:fame-index| Famo Index]]
* http://internetfamo.us
* [[Sites to scrape & profile amalgamation]]



=== Research

* lolcats / image macros / snowclones (catch structures) -- "old idiom, new context"
* related dirtstyle digital media: YTMND, SomethingAwful, eBaum's World (kinda)

* mangled code-switching: Engrish / Spanglish / Franponais / etc. -- the ugly side of linguistics in the age of globalization


=== Areas

* photography (35mm vs. Flickr)
* video/film (Hollywood vs. YouTube)
* literature (publishing houses vs. blog-narratives vs. Alternative Reality Games)
* art
* new media, digital media
* sports
* gambling
* industry, manufacturing