Communicating with Memes: Consequences in Post-truth Civilization investigates the
consequences of memetic communication, the causes of these consequences, and what …

This article argues that media memes have arisen as a unique media phenomenon in the
context of our globally networked condition, which manifests in the physical world as hugely …

Shifnan illuminates the roles of a central cultural phenomenon in the digital age—the meme.
She introduces the concept of the Internet meme, and traces the rise of memes over the past …

How memetic media—aggregate texts that are collectively created, circulated, and
transformed—become a part of public conversations that shape broader cultural debates …

The fact that this chapter exists is somewhat remarkable. Not, of course, that approximately
8,000 words were written and published in a massive tome (although that does take quite a …

This paper offers the first systematic analysis of 'digital memetic nonsense'–clusters of
seemingly meaningless digital texts imitated and circulated by many participants. We …

It is only fitting that the 45th volume of Peter Lang's Frontiers in Political Communication
book series investigates the ascendance of Donald J. Trump from billionaire business mogul …

Internet memes are one of the latest evolutions of" leaflet" propaganda and an effective tool
in the arsenal of digital persuasion. In the past such items were dropped from planes, now …

Social media platforms have captured the attention and imagination of many millions of
people, enabling their users to develop and display their creativity, to empathize with others …

The press has published myths, falsehoods, and exaggerations for about as long as there
has been a press—and even the term “fake news” dates back to the 1890s, the Merriam …