An anatomy of a youtube meme

New Media and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-203

  Shifman, Limor ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

imitation; internet; memes; memetic videos; participatory culture; remix; user generated content; viral videos; YouTube

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858696557     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444811412160     Document Type: Article

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