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Title
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Meme World Syndrome: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the First World Problems and Third World Success Internet Memes.
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Creator
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Chandler, Robert, Sandoval, Jennifer, Kinnally, William, Walls, Douglas, University of Central Florida
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Abstract / Description
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This thesis applies the theory and method of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to examine the ideological components of the First World Problems (FWP) and Third World Success (TWS) Internet memes. Drawing on analytical concepts from CDA and related perspectives, such as multimodal discourse analysis and social semiotics, the paper analyzes the visual and textual elements of a sample of the FWP and TWS memes. The paper argues that the text and images featured in the memes are ideologically...
Show moreThis thesis applies the theory and method of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to examine the ideological components of the First World Problems (FWP) and Third World Success (TWS) Internet memes. Drawing on analytical concepts from CDA and related perspectives, such as multimodal discourse analysis and social semiotics, the paper analyzes the visual and textual elements of a sample of the FWP and TWS memes. The paper argues that the text and images featured in the memes are ideologically salient and discursively construct oppositional binaries between (")us(") and (")them(") in terms of wealth disparity.
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Date Issued
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2013
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Identifier
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CFE0004828, ucf:49761
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Format
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Document (PDF)
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004828
