Stereotypes of nations and ethnic groups in internet memes Cover Image

Stereotypy narodowe i etniczne w memach internetowych
Stereotypes of nations and ethnic groups in internet memes

Author(s): Agnieszka Anna Niekrewicz
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii im. Jakuba z Paradyża
Keywords: stereotype; internet meme; depreciation in language; hate speech

Summary/Abstract: For every nationality, there are multi‑componentmeme series that echo the sameconcepts and information. This article is aimed at analysing selected national and ethnicstereotypes reconstructed from 520 internet memes. The author identifies the features thatmake up the image of selected nationalities (American, Arab, Romani, Polish) and discusseslinguistic schemes used to describe their characteristics.

  • Issue Year: 20/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 35-46
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish