“Cyberspace” – The Internet has been dubbed “Cyberspace” since its inception. The picture visualizes this saying, the earth remains but traditional space is replaced with the Internet. Specifically space takes the form of the Reddit homepage. Reddit has grown from simple news aggregator into a full on Internet community. While sharing news is still one of the primary focuses of the Reddit website, the community has developed it’s own, for lack of a better word, language. This Reddit language is visualized through the use of Internet memes, showcased in the various images covering the Reddit homepage. These memes hold true to McLuhans “medium is the message”, the text may change but the picture remains. The picture serves as the medium and delivers a unified message regardless of the text.
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