Global digital genre-communication forms in the process of flow to local Polish memosphere: the case of Facebook art memes
Journal Title: Studies in Global Ethics and Global Education - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue
Abstract
We analysed the mechanisms generating specific genres in the digital network and described the phenomena which result in shaping new forms of modern communication genres. New digital genre-communication forms are exemplified by Facebook “art memes”, which should be studied from two perspectives: literary research and social studies. The art of painting remediated in digital forms of so-called “memes” illustrates the global flow from the Western centre to the Eastern semi-peripheries of digitalizing Euro-Atlantic civilization. We applied analytical framework consisting of six criteria: sender, recipient, message, code, context and contact. Our conclusion is that the process of global-local flow, as exemplified by Facebook art memes, results in local enrichment of the global medium and content.<br/><br/>
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Anna Gumkowska, Piotr Toczyski
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