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Memes, Satire, and the Legacy of TV Socialism

Author(s): Pian, Teresa

Abstract

This article examines the phenomenon of internet memes not just as a pervasive form of digital communication with implications for political culture, but as a new satirical medium. Through the lens of socialist television satire, this article details how memes are an evolution of the venerable history of political satire that abridge past and future traditions of political humour as subversive criticism. This analysis is conducted primarily through a case study of Hungary, although similar memes in other contexts are cited to demonstrate the externalizability of these conclusions.

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Pian, Teresa: Memes, Satire, and the Legacy of TV Socialism. In: VIEW. Journal of European Television History and Culture, Jg. 11 (2022), Nr. 22, S. 36-53. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/19224.
@ARTICLE{Pian2022,
 author = {Pian, Teresa},
 title = {Memes, Satire, and the Legacy of TV Socialism},
 year = 2022,
 doi = "\url{http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/19224}",
 volume = 11,
 address = {Hilversum},
 journal = {VIEW. Journal of European Television History and Culture},
 number = 22,
 pages = {36--53},
}
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