“It Gets Better”: Internet memes and the construction of collective identity

Noam Gal, Limor Shifman, Zohar Kampf

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In September 2010, a video titled “It Gets Better” was uploaded to YouTube, responding to suicides of gay teens who had suffered from homophobic bullying. Before long, thousands of Internet users added their own versions of the clip, creating a mass appeal to young people while simultaneously negotiating the norms of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) collective identity. Conceptualizing this body of videos as an Internet meme, we examine the extent to which participants imitate or alter textual components presented in previous videos. A combined quantitative and qualitative analysis of 200 clips shows that in an arena ostensibly free of formal gatekeepers, participants tend to police themselves, toeing the line with conformist norms. We also identify domains of potential subversion, related not only to the content of the videos but mainly to the forms facilitated by digital media.

اللغة الأصليةالإنجليزيّة
الصفحات (من إلى)1698-1714
عدد الصفحات17
دوريةNew Media and Society
مستوى الصوت18
رقم الإصدار8
المعرِّفات الرقمية للأشياء
حالة النشرنُشِر - 1 سبتمبر 2016
منشور خارجيًانعم

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