1st Edition
Internet Memes and Society Social, Cultural, and Political Contexts
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
Biography
Anastasia Denisova is Lecturer in Journalism at the Communication and Media Research Institute at the University of Westminster, UK.
'Anastasia Denisova offers outstanding scholarship on meme creation and digital activism in the form of memes as tools of dissent. In this work we get an innovatibe approach on understanding memes as discursive weapons, solidarity-building and as carnivalesque. For those interested in political resistance and the use of digital means in authoritarian and increasingly censored digital networks, the author breaks new ground establising excellent scholarship in this new area of study.' --Athina Karatzogianni, University of Leicester, UK
