Daniel Ungureanu
Biographic Data
| ID | 6796857 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel Ungureanu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel |
| FAMILY NAME | Ungureanu |
| SIGNATURE | UNGUREANU D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Semarang |
| ORCID | 0009-0007-9773-3057 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Coffin Dance Mania in Ghana
This study examines how the Coffin Dance, a viral video of Ghanaian pallbearers performing choreographed funeral dances, became a globally circulated meme during the COVID pandemic that started in 2019. Analysing eight representative frames, I demonstrate that the video’s compositional choices (low angles, designed flatness) create a grammar that dignifies the ritual while enabling its decontextualisation. This dual semiotic logic allowed the vid…
Overload opacity
How AI-generated memes negotiate between visual resistance and algorithmic co-option? By synthesizing Mirzoeff’s “countervisuality” and Glissant’s “right to opacity,” this article examines Italian Brainrot, a 2025 meme phenomenon, and introduces “overload opacity” as a platform-native aesthetic strategy in which sensory excess achieves hypervisibility while resisting interpretive legibility. Data were compiled from public Instagram pages in June–…
Memories of the Corona Lockdown
This article investigates how memes shaped collective memory during the COVID-19 pandemic on popular Romanian Facebook meme pages (MPs). Focusing from March 10 to May 15, 2020, the study captures critical phases, including initial response and restrictions, state of emergency, healthcare challenges, social adaptation, and transition to a state of alert. This timeframe was significant as it encompassed early visual communication of preventive meas…
Memescape Narratives of Romanian Social Movements (2013-2021)
In the digital age, social movements increasingly leverage memes to shape narratives and mobilize support. This study examines Romanian social movements through the lens of memes from 2013 to 2021, focusing on the Save Roșia Montană Campaign, the Colectiv nightclub fire protests, the #REZIST movement, and anti-restriction protests. Data were collected from popular Romanian Facebook meme pages and other online platforms. Applying framing theory, w…
Memescape Narratives of Romanian Social Movements (2013-2021)
In the digital age, social movements increasingly leverage memes to shape narratives and mobilize support. This study examines Romanian social movements through the lens of memes from 2013 to 2021, focusing on the Save Roșia Montană Campaign, the Colectiv nightclub fire protests, the #REZIST movement, and anti-restriction protests. Data were collected from popular Romanian Facebook meme pages and other online platforms. Applying framing theory, w…
Memescape Narratives of Romanian Social Movements (2013-2021)
In the digital age, social movements increasingly leverage memes to shape narratives and mobilize support. This study examines Romanian social movements through the lens of memes from 2013 to 2021, focusing on the Save Roșia Montană Campaign, the Colectiv nightclub fire protests, the #REZIST movement, and anti-restriction protests. Data were collected from popular Romanian Facebook meme pages and other online platforms. Applying framing theory, w…
Memories of the Corona Lockdown
This article investigates how memes shaped collective memory during the COVID-19 pandemic on popular Romanian Facebook meme pages (MPs). Focusing from March 10 to May 15, 2020, the study captures critical phases, including initial response and restrictions, state of emergency, healthcare challenges, social adaptation, and transition to a state of alert. This timeframe was significant as it encompassed early visual communication of preventive meas…
Coffin Dance Mania in Ghana
This study examines how the Coffin Dance, a viral video of Ghanaian pallbearers performing choreographed funeral dances, became a globally circulated meme during the COVID pandemic that started in 2019. Analysing eight representative frames, I demonstrate that the video’s compositional choices (low angles, designed flatness) create a grammar that dignifies the ritual while enabling its decontextualisation. This dual semiotic logic allowed the vid…
Overload opacity
How AI-generated memes negotiate between visual resistance and algorithmic co-option? By synthesizing Mirzoeff’s “countervisuality” and Glissant’s “right to opacity,” this article examines Italian Brainrot, a 2025 meme phenomenon, and introduces “overload opacity” as a platform-native aesthetic strategy in which sensory excess achieves hypervisibility while resisting interpretive legibility. Data were compiled from public Instagram pages in June–…
Humor Studies and Applications (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Romanian (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Action Observation and Synchronization (1 work) · Advertising (1 work) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work)