Internet Memes and Society

Social, Cultural, and Political Contexts
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-67117-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 329 g

Reihe: Routledge Advances in Internationalizing Media Studies

This book provides a solid, encompassing definition of Internet memes, exploring both the common features of memes around the globe and their particular regional traits. It identifies and explains the roles that these viral texts play in Internet communication: cultural, social and political implications; significance for self-representation and identity formation; promotion of alternative opinion or trending interpretation; and subversive and resistant power in relation to professional media, propaganda, and traditional and digital political campaigning. It also offers unique comparative case studies of Internet memes in Russia and the United States.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Denisova, Anastasia

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikation & Medien in der Politik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Digital Lifestyle Internet, E-Mail, Social Media
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein Soziale und ethische Aspekte der EDV
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. Definition and Evolution

2. Before Memes: Tactical Media, Humour and Affective Engagement with Politics Online

3. Many Uses of Memes: From Fast-Food Media to Political Mindbombs

4. Globalisation and Memes

5. Russian Resistance and Propaganda (through Memes) in 2014

6. US memes on Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in 2017

7. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Anastasia Denisova is Lecturer in Journalism at the Communication and Media Research Institute at the University of Westminster, UK.