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Meme Activism

Meme Activism is a form of digital advocacy that leverages internet memes as a strategic communicative practice to promote social, political, or cultural change by harnessing their virality, affordances of remixability, and participatory audience engagement within networked publics.

35

Publications

2.3K

Citations

54

Authors

46

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

24

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Publications

35

Pop Polyvocality: Internet Memes, Public Participation, and the Occupy Wall Street Movement

Ryan M. Milner · DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) · 2013 · 312 citations · Full text

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Clicktivism: A Systematic Heuristic

Max Halupka · Policy & Internet · 2014 · 258 citations

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‘#OkBoomer, time to meet the Zoomers’: studying the memefication of intergenerational politics on TikTok

Jing Zeng, Crystal Abidin · Information Communication & Society · 2021 · 215 citations · Full text

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On Frogs, Monkeys, and Execution Memes: Exploring the Humor-Hate Nexus at the Intersection of Neo-Nazi and Alt-Right Movements in Sweden

Tina Askanius · Television & New Media · 2021 · 173 citations · Full text

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Playful Activism: Memetic Performances of Palestinian Resistance in TikTok #Challenges

Laura Cervi, Tom Divon · Social Media + Society · 2023 · 141 citations · Full text

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Authors

54

  1. GL
    Gabriella Lukács

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  2. LG
    Lars Guenther

    Stellenbosch University, South Africa

    1 publications · 53 citations

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  3. KS
    Kelli S. Boling

    University of South Carolina, United States

    1 publications · 27 citations

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  4. LC
    Lyndon C. S. Way

    University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 30 citations

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  5. MH
    Max Halupka

    University of Canberra, Australia

    1 publications · 258 citations

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Institutions

46

  1. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

  2. Abiola Ajimobi Technical University Ibadan

    Ibadan, Nigeria

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

  3. Colorado State University

    Fort Collins, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    110 citations

  4. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    58 citations

  5. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  6. University of Łódź

    Lodz, Poland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    59 citations

  7. Bulgarian National Bank

    Sofia, Bulgaria

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    80 citations

  8. Spencer Foundation

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

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Venues

  1. DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)

    Repository · 5 publications · 413 citations

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  2. New Media & Society

    3 publications · 187 citations

    3

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  3. Information Communication & Society

    ICS · 3 publications · 308 citations

    3

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  4. Social Media + Society

    2 publications · 194 citations

    2

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  5. Communication Studies

    1 publications · 110 citations

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