POLITICAL MEMES AND WHERE TO FIND THEM: THE NEWS VALUE OF ROMANIAN MEMES
POLITICAL MEMES AND WHERE TO FIND THEM: THE NEWS VALUE OF ROMANIAN MEMES
Author(s): Flavia Ţăran
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Media studies, Communication studies, Theory of Communication
Published by: Факултет по журналистика и масова комуникация, Софийски университет „Св. Кл. Охридски”
Keywords: political memes; political humor; Romania; news cycle; Facebook
Summary/Abstract: The political events of recent years have been reflected, to some extent, bygrassroots political memes, a trend popular especially on social media. Even more so, in the caseof Romania, memes have been seen to permeate their native platforms and seep into the newscycle, as variety pieces.The aim of this research is to identify and question the relationship between politicalmeme nexuses and mainstream media, in the context of political criticism and entertainmentvalue. Identifying the memes and correlating them with political episodes and actors lies at thecenter of this research.
Book: Communication Management: Theory and Practice in the 21st Century
- Page Range: 82-93
- Page Count: 12
- Publication Year: 2020
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
