Political memes in the 2018 presidential campaigns in Russia: Dialogue and conflict

Between Humour and Public Commentary: Digital Re-appropriation of the Soviet Propaganda Posters as Internet Memes

“…While digital transformations of the Soviet propaganda posters do not fall within any hitherto discovered category of humorous, political or historical memes (Fang, 2018; Lukianova et al, 2019; Makhortykh, 2015; Milner, 2013b), they present a separate case of memes that recycle images of the Soviet epoch. These remakes stand out from other viral content on ‘Runet’ due to their visual structure, which rests upon bright and powerful icons produced by the Soviet artists well before the invention of the Internet.…”

“…Although some recent studies focus on memes devoted to the Russian politics (Lukianova et al, 2019; Wiggins, 2016), there are no similar initiatives that would examine memes related specifically to the Soviet period (with an exception of study by Makhortykh, who conducted analysis of memes related to the Second World War). Nevertheless, Russian users continue to transform the Soviet cultural and symbolic legacy on the Web, so there are numerous remakes of portraits of Soviet leaders, memes created from Soviet films and cartoons, demotivators comparing life in the former USSR with the current Russian reality and other digital practices.…”

“…While digital memes are commonly presented in a form of joke, they can, at the same time, play the role of ‘serious’ media transmitting important social, political, ideological and cultural messages across general public (Dean, 2019; Fang, 2018; Lukianova, Shteynman, & Fell, 2019). Vernacular nature of memes allows using them as a tool of communication by different groups and on various occasions that range from criticism of dominant power to anonymous telling about personal traumatic experiences (Fang, 2018; Vickery, 2018).…”

“…Dean (2019) insists that active circulation of memes (and other shareable visual content) in contemporary public sphere results in so-called ‘memeification’ of politics: a trend inherent to modern political communication. Taking the semiotic approach, Lukianova et al (2019) analyses memes as a code and artificial language that conveys, alongside socially significant information, also myths created purposely by political parties.…”

Візуальні Та Ментальні Горизонти Майбутнього: Від Мистецтва До Біополітики:колективна Монографія

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