2024
DOI: 10.1515/humor-2023-0112
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The power of memes: personification as a marker of psychological distance in memes about the war in Ukraine

Liisi Laineste,
Anastasiya Fiadotava,
Sergey Troitskiy
et al.

Abstract: Memes offer responsive acute commentary on controversial societal matters, providing non-violent and democratic spaces of discussion for conflicts. The paper studies memes on the war in Ukraine that spread in Eastern (Russia, Estonia, Belarus) and Western Europe (Spain). We analyze who are the main actors/characters that personify the war in the memes in these countries, how these characters are represented in memes, and what are the global and local aspects of their portrayal. Personification is seen as a mar… Show more

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