memes

Not just a Meme, a Masterpiece: Literacy in Classical Art Memes

Paper

Isobel Huisman

Carolina Castro

10/11/2023

13 minutes to read

Memes are an important phenomenon in contemporary society. Meme or not, there is a story to be told behind every remix of classical art. This paper dives into the world of stories that are hiding behind classical art memes.

FanArt of "No One is Talking About This"

"Can A Dog be Twins?" and Other Questions No One Is Talking About

Paper

Clara Daniels

30/10/2023

8 minutes to read

"Can A Dog be Twins?" Is all it takes for the main character to blow up online, to travel the world attending conferences to talk about how the internet has changed, transformed, yes, revolutionised communication! Yet all WE get is memes

A 3D model of the +15 social credit meme.

Good Job, +15 Points: How the internet makes sense of China’s Social Credit Score system

Article

Pak Wing Ng

09/10/2023

22 minutes to read

This paper dives into the analysis of the use and implications of Internet memes based on China's Social Credit Score System (SoCS) on the premise of constructing a common ground between Western and Eastern online communities.

Lucie Chateau on memes and online depression culture

Video

The Editors

18/01/2023

Though memes often appear to be 'fun', memes can also have a dark side. In this video, Lucie Chateau explains what memes are, how memes are used to reproduce certain values and beliefs, and what can happen when memes are not properly understood.

R/place through the Lens of Relational Art

Paper

Marit van Dijck

09/12/2022

9 minutes to read

R/place is a perfect example of relational participatory art. This paper explores why it can be classified as such, and how it decommodifies and re-democratizes the collaborative, online pixel board artform.

Elon Musk and his Musketeers' discourse on Twitter

Paper

Juliette Berndsen

17/01/2022

17 minutes to read

Elon Musk and his fans converse easily in memes and jokes on Twitter. While this discourse is slightly bewildering to outsiders, the power Musk holds over his fans can have a serious impact on real-world events such as cryptocurrencies.

What the Suez Blockage can teach us about digital literacy

Article

Simon Moser

Aleksandra Dimitrova

03/05/2021

8 minutes to read

The 2021 Suez Blockage may have been a disaster for global trade, yet it also provides for a splendid case study of digital literacies. This article analyzes how online groups implement their own literacies into memes related to the event.

Karen and digital vigilantism

Article

Aleksandra Dimitrova

06/01/2021

10 minutes to read

‘Karen’ videos are on the rise, but who is the digital vigilantes and who is the offender? Some aspects of dangerous forms of digital vigilantism.