HALLOVÁ, Jana. Censorship Crisis : Analysis of Memes on Twitter and Their Reception. Półrocznik Językoznawczy Tertium. Kraków: Krakowskie Towarzystwo Popularyzowania Wiedzy o Komunikacji Językowej "Tertium", 2023, vol. 8, No 1, p. 125-151. ISSN 2543-7844. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.7592/Tertium.2023.8.1.243.
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Original name Censorship Crisis : Analysis of Memes on Twitter and Their Reception
Authors HALLOVÁ, Jana (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Półrocznik Językoznawczy Tertium, Kraków, Krakowskie Towarzystwo Popularyzowania Wiedzy o Komunikacji Językowej "Tertium" 2023, 2543-7844.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 60203 Linguistics
Country of publisher Poland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/23:00132348
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.7592/Tertium.2023.8.1.243
Keywords in English multimodal analysis; social media; quantitative analysis; qualitative analysis; memes; representation; censorship
Tags rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Bc. Jana Hallová, učo 413812. Changed: 16/3/2024 19:06.
Abstract
The following research studies the use of memes on the social platform Twitter with regards to celebrity representation. Specifically, it analyzes two memetic posts by Elon Musk and the representation tactics behind them, using elements of multimodal analysis and critical discourse analysis. Subsequently, the study looks at the reception of these posts via comparative content analysis with custom classification to determine how successful the tactics behind these posts are and whether there is any evidence observable in the reception regarding censorship on Twitter after its purchase by Elon Musk. The comparative study comes in a form of quantitative analysis of the first 150 responses to each of the two posts. The study does not only demonstrate instances of attempts at diminishing the distance which the inherent power of a celebrity personage on social media creates, but also how successful these attempts are and whether they manage to distract the audience from the personage in question and their power over them.
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MUNI/A/1053/2022, interní kód MUName: Paradigms, strategies and developments - English linguistics and translation III
Investor: Masaryk University, Paradigms, strategies and developments - English linguistics and translation III
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