2014
DOI: 10.1177/0196859914550690
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The Empathetic Meme: Situating Chris Crocker Within the Media History of LGBT Equality Struggles

Abstract: This essay argues for the historical significance of a viral video and its memes within mediated struggles for Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender equality. Informed by affect, sound, and media studies, I argue that Chris Crocker’s “LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!” helped form empathy for these populations. Through a close reading of the video, historical contextualization, and examining responses, I describe how his user-generated video, spread widely across various media, can be appreciated as one component in changing so… Show more

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“…The study of memes has quickly become a source of much academic research and debate (Gal, Shifman, & Kampf, 2015;Milner, 2013;Phillips, 2012a;Shifman, 2013Shifman, , 2014Wiggins & Bowers, 2014). As memes continue to increase in circulation and visibility, memes also are influencing particular areas of popular culture and social practice (Phillips, 2012b), such as sports, politics (Burroughs, 2013a;Scott, 2014), and even religion (Burroughs, 2013b;Cheong, 2012). Knobel and Lankshear (2007) offer a definition of the uptake of the term meme within popular culture defined as "a popular term for describing the rapid uptake and spread of a particular idea presented as a written text, image, language 'move,' or some other unit of cultural 'stuff'" (p. 202).…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The study of memes has quickly become a source of much academic research and debate (Gal, Shifman, & Kampf, 2015;Milner, 2013;Phillips, 2012a;Shifman, 2013Shifman, , 2014Wiggins & Bowers, 2014). As memes continue to increase in circulation and visibility, memes also are influencing particular areas of popular culture and social practice (Phillips, 2012b), such as sports, politics (Burroughs, 2013a;Scott, 2014), and even religion (Burroughs, 2013b;Cheong, 2012). Knobel and Lankshear (2007) offer a definition of the uptake of the term meme within popular culture defined as "a popular term for describing the rapid uptake and spread of a particular idea presented as a written text, image, language 'move,' or some other unit of cultural 'stuff'" (p. 202).…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%