Essays about: "meme"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 45 essays containing the word meme.

  1. 6. A Design Science Research Approach to Prove Meme Ownership: a Designed Artefact Utilising NFTs and Affordances

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Informationssystem

    Author : Zacharias Sundlöf; [2022]
    Keywords : design science research; blockchain; NFT; NFTs; meme; memes; digital ownership; affordance theory; affordance based design; design science;

    Abstract : A rising problem exists regarding the ownership of memes. This research proposes a solution consisting of an IT artefact that solves this problem by utilising design science research in combination with affordance theory and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). READ MORE

  3. 7. Sorry to Burst Your Bubble : An analysis on how content by @thegirlslikeme organize resistance against anti-feminist narratives through humor and wellness fuelling participation in Nigerian feminist discourse on Instagram

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Joan Ilebode; [2022]
    Keywords : feminism; memes; Instagram; humor; wellness; oppression; Nigeria; social media;

    Abstract : In this study, I look at the content and interpretation of posts by a feminist meme account on Instagram called @thegirlslikeme, from the perspective of a sample size of Nigerian female followers through a focus group discussion, along with a visual social semiotic analysis of the posts. This study set out to answer three research questions:  i) How do the posts on TGLM use humor and wellness to portray feminism?  ii) How is the content on TGLM challenging antifeminist narratives in a Nigerian context? And finally,  iii) How do the Nigerian followers relate to the brand of feminism represented on TGLM? The theoretical approaches theories employed to help think through the data gathered in form of thematic blocks from the interview, and the textual and visual content are participatory culture, work of representation, and filter bubbles and echo chambers. READ MORE

  4. 8. The Visual Transformation of Security Narratives: Visual Culture of the German Querdenker Movement on Instagram

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Meriel Olga Ott; [2022]
    Keywords : Querdenker; visual culture; COVID-19; ontological security; identity; Instagram; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic the post-truth and increasingly radicalized anti-vaccine movement has gained worldwide attention as a major opponent of Covid-restricting efforts. In Germany, the anti-vax movement Querdenker have staged several large-scale protests opposing the ’undemocratic’ government. READ MORE

  5. 9. Finding duplicate offers in the online marketplace catalogue using transformer based methods : An exploration of transformer based methods for the task of entity resolution

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Robert-Andrei Damian; [2022]
    Keywords : Transformers; Language Models; Deep Neural Networks; Entity Resolution; Duplicate Detection; Entity Matching; Record Linkage; Contrastive Learning; e-commerce; Transformers; Modèles de langage; Apprentisage en profondeur; Résolution d’entité; Détection de doublons; Apprentisage contrastif; commerce électronique; Transformers; Språkmodeller; Djupinlärning; Entitetserkännande; Dubblettdetektering; Entitetsmatchning; Rekordkoppling; e-handel;

    Abstract : The amount of data available on the web is constantly growing, and e-commerce websites are no exception. Considering the abundance of available information, finding offers for the same product in the catalogue of different retailers represents a challenge. This problem is an interesting one and addresses the needs of multiple actors. READ MORE

  6. 10. The Everyday Practices of Resistance in Chinese Social Media: The Uses of Memes for Civic Engagement

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : ZHUOXIU XING; [2022]
    Keywords : social media; digital media; memes; everyday forms of resistance; Chinese civic engagement; collective identity;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to understand the everyday use of digital media by Chinese ordinary citizens as new forms of civic engagement under strict online censorship and CCP’s authoritarian control. With the announcement of the Third-child Policy as the analytical background, I adopted a qualitative research method and conducted digitally mediated ethnography on Sina Weibo users. READ MORE