Memeingful memories and the art of resistance

Bibliographic Data

ID12655749
AuthorsLisa Ellen Silvestri (Gonzaga University), Lisa Silvestri (Gonzaga University, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume20
Issue11
Pages3997-4016
Publication date2018-04-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNew Media & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1461-4448 • E-ISSN: 1461-7315
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1461444818766092
OpenAlexW2795680766
LanguageEN
Citations received29
References cited52

This article explores the rhetorical function of Internet memes as memory actants. It contributes to an ongoing conversation about the ways in which digital communication has transformed the relationship between media, memory, and the archive by disrupting predicable “decay times” and emphasizing memory as a “connective” process rather than a “collective” product. Through an analysis of memetic responses to affective flashpoints in the collective US experience, namely, the 9/11 constellation, this article explores the potential for memes to influence not only the content of public memory but also the attitudes with which we remember that content

Art · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Collective memory · Conversation · Literature · Political science · Process (computing · Product (mathematics · Resistance (ecology · Rhetorical question · Sociology · Communication · Computer Science · Humor Studies and Applications · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology · Rhetoric and Communication Studies