TITLE:
The Influence of Memetic Primers in Online Comments in Video Game Blogs
AUTHORS:
Ibrahim Yucel
KEYWORDS:
Computer-Mediated Communication; Social Networking Site Design and Use; Virtual Worlds/Avatars/Proxies; Community Analysis and Support; Virtual or Physical; Entertainment/Games
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Internet of Things,
Vol.2 No.3,
July
26,
2012
ABSTRACT: Through investigating a particular blog, several factors were found which have significant influence on reader actions. This study uses the term “memetic primers” for those styles that most often cause readers to take notice of a particular comment, remember information included in it, and take action. The memetic primers were derived in a discourse analysis. The study discovered the memetic primers using logic-of-inquire approach to the online comments. While evidence indicated that the usefulness of some primers was low, it emerged those negatively written comments where the most common impact on a comment’s volume.