Colonizing Pepe
Internet Memes as Cyberplaces
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9744736 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jérémie Pelletier-Gagnon (0000-0002-9703-1502, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, corresponding author), Axel Pérez Trujillo Diniz (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada), Axel Pérez Trujillo (0000-0003-1338-3998, University of Alberta) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 4-18 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Space and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1206-3312 • E-ISSN: 1552-8308 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1206331218776188 |
| OpenAlex | W2808199013 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 11 |
This article explores the Pepe the Frog Internet meme through a spatial approach that targets the ways in which netizens attempt to repurpose it, so as to build a communal space in which meaning is constantly negotiated and hijacked. We argue that Pepe the Frog and other memes can be interpreted as “cyberplaces” defined as computer environments that display the ideological polemics between netizens as they struggle to build a sense of community. Moreover, the rhizomatic stratification of such cyberplaces reveals a more nuanced view of meme dynamics, one that takes into account the agency of users as they efface and impose meanings on memes, not unlike the process of deterritorialization enacted on places
Aesthetics · Agency (philosophy · Art · Deterritorialization · Epistemology · Ideology · Meaning (existential · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Digital Games and Media · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Humor Studies and Applications · Law · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |