Youtubers as satirists: Humour and remix in online video

eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-114

  da Silva, Patrícia Dias ^a   Garcia, José Luís ^b  

^a ESCS (School of Communication and Media Studies)   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS SOCIAIS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Caricature; Culture jamming; Media; Meme; Online video; Parody; Participation; Political discussion; Popular culture; Remix; Resistance; Satire; Viral; YouTube

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103961171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20759517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.29379/jedem.v4i1.95     Document Type: Article

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