Mike Cundall, Liz Sills | Thinking Through Memes. Understanding How Memes Work (2026) [EPUB]
Автор: Mike Cundall, Liz Sills
Издательство: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 978-3032000392
Жанр: Communications, Media Studies, Communication Reference
Язык: Английский
Формат: EPUB
Качество: Изначально электронное (ebook)
Иллюстрации: Цветные и черно-белые
Описание:Thinking Through Memes is an introductory, interdisciplinary project that brings together authors from a wide variety of disciplines to discuss and explore issues surrounding the popular culture phenomenon known as memes. This anthology looks at the cultural, ethical, philosophical, and societal influence that memes have. Questions as to the nature of memes as art, the rhetorical influence of memes, how memes operate at a psychological and cultural level, and why memes are important across a variety of areas in our lives are discussed in various ways throughout the chapters. Attention has been paid by the authors to avoid jargon and make their text as accessible as possible, encouraging readers to explore and think further on the issues. The text includes vocabulary terms and learning objectives for easy navigation.
Читать фрагмент Contents:
1 Editors’ Introduction
Liz Sills and Michael K. Cundall
2 What Is an Internet Meme? A Very Brief Answer
Vanessa Voss
Part I Form
3 The Meme-ing of Life
Stephanie Kelly and Donna Maria Colby
4 Memes and Rhetorical Identification: Playfully Serious Social Critique and the Tide Pod Challenge
Jarron Slater
5 Are Memes Art?
Galen Foresman
6 Memetic Genes from the Paperwork Empire: Finding Memes in Xeroxlore
Marissa Weineke
7 Memes as Technologized Folk Wisdom: Cross-Cultural Reflections
Steven Gimbel, Jennifer Dumont and Eleanor J. Hogan
Part II Function
8 Never Gonna Give You Up: The Psychology of Meme Sharing
Alan J. Whitehead
9 Viral Culture: How I Learned that Memes Are Here to Stay
JoAnne S. Bass
10 Ethics of Representation in Memes
Jonathan S. Carter
11 Pepe and Beyond: Incel Memes (and Why Most of Us Aren’t Laughing)
Vanessa Voss
12 Philosophy Through Memes: Significant Teaching Tool or “Suspension of Seriousness”?
Chris A. Kramer
13 Memes, Medicare, and Me, or Angry Boomer Says Get Your Memes Off My Wall
James B. Williams
14 Editors’ Conclusion
Mike Cundall and Liz Sills
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