Memeingful memories and the art of resistance

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12655749
AutoresLisa Ellen Silvestri (Gonzaga University), Lisa Silvestri (Gonzaga University, autor correspondente)
Ano2018
Volume20
Fascículo11
Páginas3997-4016
Data de publicação2018-04-05
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoNew Media & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1461-4448 • E-ISSN: 1461-7315
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1461444818766092
OpenAlexW2795680766
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas29
Referências citadas52

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