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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Whitney Phillips , Ryan M. MilnerPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint: Polity Press Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 22.10cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781509501267ISBN 10: 1509501266 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 28 April 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsMemes, trolling and weird internet jokes are becoming part of the everyday language of contemporary societies, whether occupying centre stage in mainstream politics or scuttling around in the darkest corners of the web. In this book, two leading scholars of digital communication have joined forces, in turn bringing folklore together with rigorously forensic studies of internet culture to create a new theoretical vocabulary for understanding, researching and teaching the Internet s multiple vernaculars. - Jean Burgess, Queensland University of Technology From pranks and tasteless jokes to political propaganda, it s never been more important to face how online media give rise to and amplify the longstanding communal practices that lie between play and hate, fun and cruelty. Like its subject, this book is both entertaining and disturbing. It s an honest, uneasy, and essential reckoning. You ll laugh, feel bad you did, and understand. - Nancy Baym, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research Memes, trolling and weird internet jokes are becoming part of the everyday language of contemporary societies, whether occupying centre stage in mainstream politics or scuttling around in the darkest corners of the web. In this book, two leading scholars of digital communication have joined forces, in turn bringing folklore together with rigorously forensic studies of internet culture to create a new theoretical vocabulary for understanding, researching and teaching the Internet's multiple vernaculars. - Jean Burgess, Queensland University of Technology From pranks and tasteless jokes to political propaganda, it's never been more important to face how online media give rise to and amplify the longstanding communal practices that lie between play and hate, fun and cruelty. Like its subject, this book is both entertaining and disturbing. It's an honest, uneasy, and essential reckoning. You'll laugh, feel bad you did, and understand. - Nancy Baym, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research [The book's] wide range of cases serve as a powerful starting point for theorizing ambivalent expression. A key strength of the book lies in the authors' personal writing style, making it both an accessible and enjoyable read. The book will be of interest to both students and senior scholars examining cultural production, community building, participation, and political communication online. Johan Farkas, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly Memes, trolling and weird internet jokes are becoming part of the everyday language of contemporary societies, whether occupying centre stage in mainstream politics or scuttling around in the darkest corners of the web. In this book, two leading scholars of digital communication have joined forces, in turn bringing folklore together with rigorously forensic studies of internet culture to create a new theoretical vocabulary for understanding, researching and teaching the Internet's multiple vernaculars. - Jean Burgess, Queensland University of Technology From pranks and tasteless jokes to political propaganda, it's never been more important to face how online media give rise to and amplify the longstanding communal practices that lie between play and hate, fun and cruelty. Like its subject, this book is both entertaining and disturbing. It's an honest, uneasy, and essential reckoning. You'll laugh, feel bad you did, and understand. - Nancy Baym, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research Memes, trolling and weird internet jokes are becoming part of the everyday language of contemporary societies, whether occupying centre stage in mainstream politics or scuttling around in the darkest corners of the web. In this book, two leading scholars of digital communication have joined forces, in turn bringing folklore together with rigorously forensic studies of internet culture to create a new theoretical vocabulary for understanding, researching and teaching the Internet's multiple vernaculars. Jean Burgess, Queensland University of Technology Author InformationRyan M. Milner is Assistant Professor of Communication at the College of Charleston. Whitney Phillips is Assistant Professor of Literary Studies and Writing at Penfield College, Mercer University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |