INTERNETFAMO.U$

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

• Famo Index
• http://internetfamo.us
• Sites to scrape & profile amalgamation

• 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

• 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