[Air-L] Research on memes and internet fail sites

[Michelle Forelle]

Hi Sanni,

My peripheral interests also include memes, so I would be happy to swap
notes off-list if you're keen!

In the meantime, let me point you to this panel at last year's ROFLCon.
 The panel was called "Adventures in Aca-meme-ia" and featured a bunch of
people whose work touches on memes and the people who make them.  Most of
them have some kind of contact information listed on the video, so this may
be a fun little resource.

Best,
Michelle


On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 10:02 AM, amanda brennan
<amandalbrennan at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hey Sanni,
>
> While I'm not currently in academica, I am the resident librarian at Know
> Your Meme <http://www.knowyourmeme.com>. I specialize in fandom, slang and
> Tumblr-related content, although I have also covered some fail-related
> topics. I'm in the beginning stages of putting together an online
> bibliography of meme-related research (although I don't have an ETA on it,
> it's currently a backburner project) but I'm always available via email for
> any meme-related questions anyone has! There are also a few academics with
> accounts on the site and we have a
> thread<
> http://knowyourmeme.com/forums/meme-research/topics/13980-academic-research-on-internet-memes
> >in
> our forums dedicated to research.
>
> Cheers!
> amanda
>
>
> amanda brennan
>
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>
> *The archive, if we want to know what that will have meant, we will only
> know in times to come; not tomorrow, but in times to come. - Jacques
> Derrida
> *
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 7:13 AM, Sanni Pennanen <sanni.pennanen at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I would be interested to know if there are researchers amongst you who
> > would be focusing on memes and/or internet fails (for example lamebook
> > etc.). Also tips about readings on the matter would be highly
> appreciated.
> > I'm currently planning my PhD studies in folkloristics with the topic of
> > Internet fails, memes and questions of authenticity in online
> > communication.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Sanni Pennanen
> > M.A., Folkloristics
> > University of Turku
> > Finland
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