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The world made meme: public conversations and participatory media

By Milner , Ryan M

Book information

Publisher
The MIT Press
Year
2017
ISBN
9780262034999, 0262034999, 9780262335911, 0262335913
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16939718 bytes)
Series
Information society series
Pages
illustrations (black and white)\272
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Culture diffusion;Mass media;Memes;Memetics

Description

Internet memes - digital snippets that can make a joke, make a point, or make a connection - are now a lingua franca of online life. They are collectively created, circulated, and transformed by countless users across vast networks. Most of us have seen the cat playing the piano, Kanye interrupting, Kanye interrupting the cat playing the piano. In 'The World Made Meme', Ryan Milner argues that memes, and the memetic process, are shaping public conversation. It's hard to imagine a major pop cultural or political moment that doesn't generate a constellation of memetic texts.

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