Artifacts of Different Periods

Artifacts have become the order of communication in recent times over recent times. Memes have explicitly been used by individuals and civil organizations to lodge campaigns, especially over the internet. Bauckhage (2011) defines memes as pieces of jokes which are used to communicate specific messages to the community. These artifacts represent distinct cultures and have ideas that run from generations to generations. The internet has made these cultural artifacts more common because of the speed with which they spread. These media materials spread fast because they propagate ideas through cultural insemination and in such a way that is understood by everyone. The artifact here is a piece of cartoon art that communicates a message of how the racist system handles people. 

The artwork exhibits the element of copy-fidelity. By this, it can be replicated countless times accurately without having to change. This piece of art is a drawing with captions in the form of an image. Its image form makes it capable of being transferred from one internet user to another without having to change. The caption, image quality and facial expressions of personified cartoons in it shall remain intact. The meme can be posted in blogs and social media sites over and over again, and it doesn’t change. 

Fecundity is yet the other element that the meme exhibits. This element defines the speed with which such a piece of art takes to replicate. The meme in quest6ion here is a light image in the form of a Portable Network Graphic (PNG). It can easily be stored and is portable due to its light nature. This proves the fecundity feature that this artifact carries with itself. Finally, the image exhibits the longevity element, which is the ability to stay longer without destruction. Technology has made such pieces of art to be extremely secure and durable. 

Reference  

Bauckhage, C. (2011, July). Insights into internet memes. In Fifth International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media .