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Memes in Digital Culture by Shifman, Limor

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Paperback
Book Title
Memes in Digital Culture
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ISBN
9780262525435

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262525437
ISBN-13
9780262525435
eBay Product ID (ePID)
166557908

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
212 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Memes in Digital Culture
Subject
Epistemology, Sociology / General, Social Aspects / General, Popular Culture, Digital Media / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Philosophy, Computers, Social Science
Author
Limor Shifman
Series
The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
7.1 Oz
Item Length
6.9 in
Item Width
5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2013-012983
Reviews
Memes in Digital Culture is a superb overview of the study, power and potential of memes. Shifman has done an exemplary job of balancing an analytical overview of her subject with forays into fascinating conceptual debates. The book is smart yet accessible, balanced yet provocative. For those seeking to take their engagement with digital culture to the next level -- or even just to understand what all those cat photos are about -- Memes in Digital Culture is a must-read., Memes in Digital Culture is a superb overview of the study, power and potential of memes. Shifman has done an exemplary job of balancing an analytical overview of her subject with forays into fascinating conceptual debates. The book is smart yet accessible, balanced yet provocative. For those seeking to take their engagement with digital culture to the next level - or even just to understand what all those cat photos are about - Memes in Digital Culture is a must-read., Memes in Digital Culture is a superb overview of the study, power and potential of memes. Shifman has done an exemplary job of balancing an analytical overview of her subject with forays into fascinating conceptual debates. The book is smart yet accessible, balanced yet provocative. For those seeking to take their engagement with digital culture to the next level - or even just to understand what all those cat photos are about - Memes in Digital Culture is a must-read.-- Hans Rollman , PopMatters -- Memes in Digital Culture accomplishes a great deal in a very efficient package. -- Patrick Sharbaugh , Asiascape --, Memes in Digital Culture is a superb overview of the study, powerand potential of memes. Shifman has done an exemplary job of balancing an analytical overview of hersubject with forays into fascinating conceptual debates. The book is smart yet accessible, balancedyet provocative. For those seeking to take their engagement with digital culture to the next level-- or even just to understand what all those cat photos are about -- Memes in DigitalCulture is a must-read.
Dewey Edition
23
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
302.231
Synopsis
Taking "Gangnam Style" seriously- what Internet memes can tell us about digital culture. In December 2012, the exuberant video "Gangnam Style" became the first YouTube clip to be viewed more than one billion times. Thousands of its viewers responded by creating and posting their own variations of the video-"Mitt Romney Style," "NASA Johnson Style," "Egyptian Style," and many others. "Gangnam Style" (and its attendant parodies, imitations, and derivations) is one of the most famous examples of an Internet meme- a piece of digital content that spreads quickly around the web in various iterations and becomes a shared cultural experience. In this book, Limor Shifman investigates Internet memes and what they tell us about digital culture. Shifman discusses a series of well-known Internet memes-including "Leave Britney Alone," the pepper-spraying cop, LOLCats, Scumbag Steve, and Occupy Wall Street's "We Are the 99 Percent." She offers a novel definition of Internet memes- digital content units with common characteristics, created with awareness of each other, and circulated, imitated, and transformed via the Internet by many users. She differentiates memes from virals; analyzes what makes memes and virals successful; describes popular meme genres; discusses memes as new modes of political participation in democratic and nondemocratic regimes; and examines memes as agents of globalization. Memes, Shifman argues, encapsulate some of the most fundamental aspects of the Internet in general and of the participatory Web 2.0 culture in particular. Internet memes may be entertaining, but in this book Limor Shifman makes a compelling argument for taking them seriously., Taking "Gangnam Style" seriously: what Internet memes can tell us about digital culture. In December 2012, the exuberant video "Gangnam Style" became the first YouTube clip to be viewed more than one billion times. Thousands of its viewers responded by creating and posting their own variations of the video--"Mitt Romney Style," "NASA Johnson Style," "Egyptian Style," and many others. "Gangnam Style" (and its attendant parodies, imitations, and derivations) is one of the most famous examples of an Internet meme: a piece of digital content that spreads quickly around the web in various iterations and becomes a shared cultural experience. In this book, Limor Shifman investigates Internet memes and what they tell us about digital culture. Shifman discusses a series of well-known Internet memes--including "Leave Britney Alone," the pepper-spraying cop, LOLCats, Scumbag Steve, and Occupy Wall Street's "We Are the 99 Percent." She offers a novel definition of Internet memes: digital content units with common characteristics, created with awareness of each other, and circulated, imitated, and transformed via the Internet by many users. She differentiates memes from virals; analyzes what makes memes and virals successful; describes popular meme genres; discusses memes as new modes of political participation in democratic and nondemocratic regimes; and examines memes as agents of globalization. Memes, Shifman argues, encapsulate some of the most fundamental aspects of the Internet in general and of the participatory Web 2.0 culture in particular. Internet memes may be entertaining, but in this book Limor Shifman makes a compelling argument for taking them seriously.
LC Classification Number
HM851

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