Meme – special medium of information. State-of-the-art of Polish writings in the field of culture and religion Cover Image

Mem – specjalne medium informacyjne. Stan badań polskiego piśmiennictwa m.in. w dziedzinie nauk o kulturze i religii
Meme – special medium of information. State-of-the-art of Polish writings in the field of culture and religion

Author(s): Jolanta Kokoszka
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Media studies, Library and Information Science, Electronic information storage and retrieval, Theology and Religion, Culture and social structure
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: culture and art; internet meme; meme

Summary/Abstract: The article provides the state-of-the-art of the research on the phenomenon of meme and of the Internet meme in the field of culture and religion, as well as history, linguistics, literary studies and cultural studies. The authors of the article have analysed the publications in order to show the way Polish researchers perceive the notion of the meme and the Internet meme, as well as the characteristics and functions they have been ascribed to them. The authors took into account the research studies published in 2000–2019 based on the data from the NUKAT catalogues, National Library in Warsaw, and Google Scholar.

  • Issue Year: 36/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 7-23
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish