Memes and the Digital Carnival: Forms of Resistance in the Context of the War in Ukraine Cover Image

Meme și carnavalul digital: forme ale rezistenței în contextul războiului din Ucraina
Memes and the Digital Carnival: Forms of Resistance in the Context of the War in Ukraine

Author(s): Petru Ioan MARIAN-ARNAT
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Communication studies
Published by: UNIVERSITATEA »ȘTEFAN CEL MARE« SUCEAVA
Keywords: Internet memes; Russia–Ukraine war; cult of Putin;

Summary/Abstract: Against the backdrop of the war launched by Russia in Ukraine, social networks have become a resonance chamber of the conflict on the ground, a huge theatre of imagological battle, where different versions of reality face each other in order to gain popularity among public opinion. Digital memes represent a highly visible phenomenon of contemporary digital culture and could not escape the mobilization process triggered by the war in Ukraine.

  • Issue Year: XLII/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 223-234
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Romanian