Media memes and prosumerist ethics: Notes toward a theoretical examination of memetic audience behavior

Cultural Studies - Critical Methodologies

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 554-561

  Kien, Grant ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

counter meme; hacktivism; internet memes; media theory; prosumer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898453084     PISSN: 15327086     EISSN: 1552356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532708613503785     Document Type: Article

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