From selfies and memes to hashtags and parodies, social media are used for mundane and
personal expressions of political commentary, engagement, and participation. The coverage …

Metadata such as the hashtag is an important dimension of social media communication.
Despite its important role in practices such as curating, tagging, and searching content, there …

In this article, we argue that, in an era of platformization of culture, social media users tend to
relate with brands through modalities that are more informed by platforms' affordances (ie …

Research shows a clear intersection between humor and political communication online as
“big data” analyses demonstrate humorous content achieving disproportionate attention …

Internet memes are particularly popular among young social Web users. Research into this
phenomenon is booming. However, the success and diffusion factors of memes remain …

Hashtag feminism has become a popular tactic of online protest against gender inequality.
Using the Twitter hashtag# distractinglysexy, women scientists posted pictures of …

As the Journal of Media Innovations comes into existence, this article reflects on the first and
most obvious question: just what do we mean by “media innovations”? Drawing on the …

Parody accounts are prevalent on Twitter, offering irreverent interpretations of public figures,
fictional characters and more. These accounts post comments framed within the context of …

Political Internet memes significantly contribute to discourse around contemporary events.
By studying memes, scholars understand these 'units of culture'as forms of participatory …

Studying images in social media poses specific methodological challenges, which in turn
have directed scholarly attention toward the computational interpretation of visual data …