MEMES

Eduardo Navas, Owen Gallagher, Xtine Burrough

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Abstract

The intention to participate and recreate the dance video was fun, entertaining, and trending, the popularity of the dance video meme brought attention to the TV drama and, subsequently, the issues of often invisible economic impact of housewives and the equality of men and women in marriage. A March 2017 transnational meme that exemplifies sharable culture is the La Paz, Bolivia zebra, introduced on John Oliver's show Last Week Tonight. The Dumb and Dumber meme ironically talks about the poor capacity of the Spanish Prime Minister to talk in his mother tongue and his poor knowledge of English. The pussyhat functions as a meme on the terms of its continued use, reuse, and circulation. Meme is interesting because it is able make fun of one of the most disturbing moments in the history of the world as a means to reflect on the insanity of a man who took modern civilization on a very dark path for several years.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationKeywords in Remix Studies
PublisherTaylor and Francis
Pages202-216
Number of pages15
ISBN (Electronic)9781315516400
ISBN (Print)9781138699632
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2017

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Social Sciences

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