Final Blog: The Amish
In my case study, I focused on the Amish community and how online media portrays this specific culture through memes. Since the Amish don't allow media like computers, cellphones, etc. in their community, the online media dictated how I saw this religious group. I had located 12 memes through the search engine “Google images”. The site had an array of memes portraying Amish and their usage on media. I focused on constantly finding Amish members within their community. Through the searching of many different memes online, I was able to locate some specific stereotypes about the Amish. The media points out that all of the Amish are non-progressive. Whether that’s with their automobiles or their clothing, the memes I found focused heavily on this. For example, a meme with two men dressed up as Amish in coffee shop with the wording "I played Farmville before it was cool" had some impacts. Since Amish have a tight or close bond to their community, these men are not particular