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Reviving icons to death: when historic photographs become digital memes

Boudana, Sandrine ; Frosh, Paul ; Cohen, Akiba A

Media, culture & society, 2017-11, Vol.39 (8), p.1210-1230 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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Reviving icons to death: when historic photographs become digital memes
Autor: Boudana, Sandrine ; Frosh, Paul ; Cohen, Akiba A
Assuntos: Accidents ; Citizen participation ; Classification ; Cultural icons ; Culture ; Iconography ; Meaning ; Photography ; Popular culture ; Symbolism ; Vietnam War
É parte de: Media, culture & society, 2017-11, Vol.39 (8), p.1210-1230
Descrição: Iconic photographs possess broad social and symbolic significance, are widely replicated over time and circulated across media platforms, and fuel public discussion. In an era of digital memes, they have become generative resources for memetic performances that not only can draw on these images’ historic authority but can also undermine it. Based on the analysis of the ‘Accidental Napalm’ memes, our research leads to a fourfold taxonomy, from memes that expand or expound the meaning of the original picture to those that narrow and potentially destroy its significance. Assessing Hariman and Lucaites’ contention that appropriations of iconic images enhance civic engagement and public culture, we argue that some memes may actually dissolve the original significance of iconic photographs and potentially degrade, rather than enhance, public culture.
Editor: London, England: SAGE Publications
Idioma: Inglês

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