[Air-L] Literature on Internet memes/Images

[Matt Morain]

Hi Evgeniya --

I'd also add Dr. Shifman's '07 piece on internet humor, images and comics
to that list:

Shifman, L. 2007. “Humor in the age of digital reproduction: Continuity and
change in internet-based comic texts.” *International Journal of
Communication* 1: 187-209.

Cheers,
-Matt
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On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Milner, Ryan Michael <rmmilner at ku.edu>wrote:

> Hey Evgeniya-
>
> I'm finishing up a dissertation on just that subject right now, so give me
> a few months :-). In the meantime, I think this article is a must read,
> even though it focuses on YouTube videos:
>
>
>  *   Shifman, L. (2011). An Anatomy of a YouTube Meme. New Media &
> Society. doi: 10.1177/1461444811412160
>
> Dr. Shifman has a nice discussion of the meme/viral distinction in that
> article. She has other work forthcoming on memes as well. Also, here are
> two great papers on image macros:
>
>
>  *   Kuipers, G. (2002). Media culture and internet disaster jokes: Bin
> Laden and the attacks on the World Trade Center. European Journal of
> Cultural Studies, 5(4), 450-470.
>  *   Kuipers, G. (2005). "Where was King Kong when we needed him?" Public
> discourse, digital disaster jokes, and the functions of laughter after
> 9/11. The Journal of American Culture, 28(1), 70-84.
>
> Dr. Kuipers never actually uses the word 'meme' (fewer did back then), but
> gives an indepth analysis of 'internet collage jokes'. Last, it's not out
> yet, but this book dives into the meme/viral question some too:
>
>
>  *   Jenkins, H., Ford, S., & Green, J. (in press). Spreadable Media:
> Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Culture.
>
> Feel free to email me off list. I'd love to talk more about your project
> and talk more sources. It's an exciting and emergent area of scholarship!
>
> -Ryan M. Milner
> Ph.D. Candidate
> The University of Kansas
>
> On Mar 16, 2012, at 10:25 AM, Evgeniya Boklage wrote:
>
> Dear Air-L members,
>
> Does any of you know about any papers published on the subject of image
> macro memes or more broadly about the viral images as opposed to videos?
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Evgeniya
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