Memes in Digital Culture

By Limor Shifman. 2013

411 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Communication, Cultural Studies

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/f9d36d2aa897974305c711518841214c23d82499

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1. Injeong Yoon
2. Tim Highfield
3. Tama Leaver
4. Marta Dynel

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1. Injeong Yoon
2. Tim Highfield
3. Tama Leaver
4. Marta Dynel

Citations in the corpus

• Instagrammatics and digital methods: studying visual social media, from selfies and GIFs to memes and emoji (2016, background): “1 Memes are not restricted to one platform or template, for instance, and indeed their historical trajectory, contested popularity, and cultural implications as meme creation became accessible and not 4chan-only has been discussed in depth (Miltner, 2014; Shifman, 2014a, 2014b; Phillips, 2015).”
• Why is it not Just a Joke? Analysis of Internet Memes Associated with Racism and Hidden Ideology of Colorblindness (2016, background): “Many researchers study Internet memes as a prism for looking into certain aspects of contemporary society and culture (Knobel & Lankshear, 2006b; Milner, 2013; Shifman, 2013, 2014b).”
• “I Has Seen Image Macros!” Advice Animals Memes as Visual-Verbal Jokes (2016, background): “In this vein, Shifman (2013) viewed Internet memes as “units of popular culture that are circulated, imitated, and transformed by Internet users, creating a shared cultural experience” (p. 367).”