Humour plays a role in our collective memory of historical events, especially disasters. Public reactions to the Titan’s implosion were reminiscent of comments that followed the sinking of the Titanic.
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Donald Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, went public on Tuesday March 26. Shares in parent company Trump Media & Technology Group surged 15% after its first day of trading on the Nasdaq…
Satire and humour have always been sites for popular engagement with the state in Kenya.
Memes have featured in anti-vaccine messaging for centuries and their power to spread harmful health disinformation is growing.
The virality of Elmo’s X post showcases how fictional characters are turning into influencers.
Granger, who died in December 2023, is credited with making avocado toast fashionable. Little did he know that his lasting legacy would inspire a meme that symbolized generational tension.
A few marine mammals in apparent revolt pushed meme-makers into overdrive. But a scholar who thinks about justice and human-animal relations suggests something deeper is behind the schadenfreude.
Memes are simultaneously a fascinating historical record of digital culture as well as the detritus of the cyber age.
We no longer share our musical interests with just our family, friends or colleagues. We now share it with people we barely know from the internet.
Black Twitter has played a significant role in shaping the platform. In the wake of Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, questions are being asked over the community’s future.
A newsletter sends out chronological snippets from the 125-year-old novel ‘Dracula.’ Fans on the internet go wild.
Humour is now part of the modern election campaign. Facebook and TikTok have become joke battlegrounds.
How do a country and its citizens deal with the trauma of a deadly invasion by an enemy? Memes, cats and TikToks are emerging – most recently in the Ukraine war – as a way to cope with tragedy.
Fast-moving viral memes create space for low-stakes, humorous and wholesome engagement on often toxic social media platforms
Humour can be key to coping with pandemic-related stress.
Social media during the pandemic is not all doom scrolling and despair. Lighter memes have psychological benefits.
Less attractive endangered species don’t tend to receive the same public attention as their more beautiful counterparts: new studies show how we might help change that.
Viral memes and catchphrases can turn personal experiences into a political expression of shared awareness.
As the effects of the pandemic intensify, so does the importance of the choice of language.
Despite having no real basis as a financial asset, cryptocurrency Dogecoin recently reached a market cap of more than A$12 billion.
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Researcher at Microsoft Research, Cambridge UK. Previously, The University of Queensland
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Professor & ARC DECRA Fellow, Internet Studies, Curtin University
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Assistant Professor of Digital Methods and Critical Data Studies, Utrecht University
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