Memory, politics and emotions: internet memes and protests in Venezuela and Ukraine
| Autor: | Juan Manuel González Aguilar, Mykola Makhortykh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Cultural Studies
Internet meme Visual Arts and Performing Arts 940 History of Europe Digital content 300 Social sciences sociology & anthropology 05 social sciences Polarization (politics) Scopus Media studies 050801 communication & media studies 070 News media journalism & publishing Politics 0508 media and communications 980 History of South America Political science 320 Political science ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS |
| Zdroj: | Continuum. 34:342-362 |
| ISSN: | 1469-3666 1030-4312 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10304312.2020.1764782 |
| Popis: | The article discusses interactions between emotions, memory and user-generated digital content in the context of online protest campaigns. Using as a case study anti-government protest in Ukraine (2013–2014) and Venezuela (2019), it compares how pro- and anti-government communities use visuality and memoricity of internet memes to stir affect and promote their political agendas. It shows that despite differences in the use of visual content elements, Ukrainian and Venezuelan memes have similar political functionality. In both countries, pro-government memes usually rely on simple emotional messages for propaganda/polarization purposes, whereas anti-government memes produce more nuanced statements used as a form of creative criticism/coping mechanism. These political functions are often amplified by memoricity, which is used to stigmatize regime’s opponents by pro-government communities and to legitimize protesters’ demands by anti-government communities. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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