2016
DOI: 10.2458/jcrae.4898
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Why is it not Just a Joke? Analysis of Internet Memes Associated with Racism and Hidden Ideology of Colorblindness

Abstract: This article discusses how Internet memes associated with racism can be analyzed and pedagogically utilized through the theoretical frame of Critical Race Theory. The assumption of the study is that Internet memes, as a site of ideological reproduction, can show one aspect of racial discourse. I consider Internet memes regarding race and racial issues as racial humor in this study. I gathered a total of 85 memes addressing or connected to racism primarily from the Memecenter website (www.memecenter.com). In th… Show more

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“…364-365). Although memes may be positioned as funny or as jokes, researchers have noted that the humor may be dismissive or disparaging, and may reinforce sexist or racist ideas (Andreasen, 2021;Cann & Castro, 2022;Yoon, 2016). Memes are commonly comprised of images that are often paired with text that are shared online (sometimes with slight variation, as users interact with them), but videos, written text, catch phrases, fashion trends, and other cultural units can also become memes (Knobel & Lankshear, 2007, Shifman, 2013 as they are widely shared across networks.…”
Section: Internet Memesmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…364-365). Although memes may be positioned as funny or as jokes, researchers have noted that the humor may be dismissive or disparaging, and may reinforce sexist or racist ideas (Andreasen, 2021;Cann & Castro, 2022;Yoon, 2016). Memes are commonly comprised of images that are often paired with text that are shared online (sometimes with slight variation, as users interact with them), but videos, written text, catch phrases, fashion trends, and other cultural units can also become memes (Knobel & Lankshear, 2007, Shifman, 2013 as they are widely shared across networks.…”
Section: Internet Memesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Memes are commonly comprised of images that are often paired with text that are shared online (sometimes with slight variation, as users interact with them), but videos, written text, catch phrases, fashion trends, and other cultural units can also become memes (Knobel & Lankshear, 2007, Shifman, 2013 as they are widely shared across networks. Memes have been described both as speech acts and as visual culture intended to express feelings, questions, opinions, or ideas (Grundlingh, 2018;Yoon, 2016). They have been a topic of scientific study given their role in the communication about and dissemination of cultural ideas (Iloh, 2021) and their ability to "shape the mindsets, forms of behavior, and actions of social groups" (Shifman, 2013, p. 365).…”
Section: Internet Memesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Specifically, if the technologies we employ and orient toward frame what we can imagine, then we need to pay attention to what we name as technologies, which are associated with the idea of progress, as well as what technologies we choose to engage with, which mediates our realities for imaginations. In that vein, numerous art educators have modeled the ways in which technologies, including both digital and analog varieties, can be engaged mindfully to practice social justice work (Acuff, 2011;Knochel & Patton, 2015;Yoon 2016;Keifer-Boyd & Smith-Shank, 2017;Sweeny, 2017;Justice, 2017;Keifer-Boyd, Knochel, Patton, & Sweeny, 2018;Lewis & Thurman, 2019;Garber 2019;Wolfgang 2019;Leake, 2019).…”
Section: Technologies In and For Art Educationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…többek között:Yoon 2016, Williams et al . 2016, Drakett et al 2018, Matamoros-Fernández 2020, magaShifman (2014) ésMilner (2016) monográfiájában és még számos kutatásukban feldolgozták a témát(Shifman -Lemish 2010, Gal, Shifman -Kampf 2015, Milner 2013a, Milner 2013b), és érintetteDenisova (2019: 34) is.…”
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“…Ahogyan a későbbi kelet-nyugati viszony átfogó, például gazdaságpolitikai centrum-periféria vizsgálata(például Böröcz 2001a(például Böröcz , 2001b) sem az, s a kulturális relációk(Wolff 1994, Pyzik, 2014 felfedése is csak abban a mélységben, amennyiben a téma ilyen mértékű kutatása számára releváns lehet, s a hagyományos populáris kultúra sztereotipikus Kelet-Európa ábrázolása ii is csak a mémeken keresztül közvetített módon 55 .Azt Milner (2016: 117) is elismeri, hogy a részvétel a mémek nyilvánosságában nem egyenletesen oszlik meg, s ez olyan identitási kategóriák környékén nyilvánul meg, mint az osztály, faj, nem, szexualitás és képesség… az etnikai vagy regionális hovatartozás kimarad a felsorolásból. Noha a kirekesztés-kirekesztettség itt is érzékelhető folyamatait előfordul, hogy kutatják, ám elsősorban faji és nemi sztereotípiákra vonatkoztatva -kivéve Immonenét, aki a nerd ("kocka") szubkultúra reprezentációját tárta fel, beleértve az amerikai populáris kultúra elsőségét (2017: 2).Emellett a mémekben fellelhető faji és nemi sztereotípiákról sok korábbi tanulmány született(Yoon 2016, Williams et al 2016, Drakett et al 2018, Matamoros-Fernández 2020, Shifman 2014, Kerekes et al 2018, valamint Milner 2016.55 A bírálat során kérdés volt, vajon más, felhasználó-generálta tartalmakban is fellelhető-e hasonló tematika: igen, léteznek például Facebook-roleplay csoportok, például a No Slav No Party nevű, 120 ezer tagú olasz csoport, ahol képeket, videókat posztolnak, amelyek gyakran "mémesednek"; Reddit fórumokon is léteznek hasonló csoportok, a kulturális intertextualitás egyértelműen felfedezhető. kutatásban…”
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