Author(s): G. Kavitha

Email(s): gokavitha2002@gmail.com

DOI: 10.5958/2321-5828.2018.00039.6   

Address: G. Kavitha
Research Scholar, Department of Electronic Media and Mass Communication, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry
*Corresponding Author

Published In:   Volume - 9,      Issue - 1,     Year - 2018


ABSTRACT:
Due to the technological advancement, communication between the individual and the society becomes faster through the world’s largest encyclopedia which is the so called Internet, and also easier because of the social media websites and the social network applications, where the users of this digital age can share their thoughts and ideas not only through the computers but also with their updated android mobile phones. The meme becomes popular among these digital users, as it provides platform for those who are tracking the happenings of the society. Many people started creating memes and posting in the face book, twitter, whatsapp, hike etc., and many people created own websites like Chennaimemes.com, tamilmemes.com etc., Print medium also started incorporating these memes in to their medium. This research will analyze how the memes are created and how the reality is represented in the memes using semiotics. This research is qualitative in nature with purposive sampling. Samples were collected from Tamil the Hindu newspaper - whatsapp kalakkal page, where the maximum messages in circulation among the digital users are getting published every week. The memes which follows Image macro memes format were taken for analysis.


Cite this article:
G. Kavitha. A Study of Memes using Semiotics. Res. J. Humanities and Social Sciences. 2018; 9(1): 219-224. doi: 10.5958/2321-5828.2018.00039.6

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G. Kavitha. A Study of Memes using Semiotics. Res. J. Humanities and Social Sciences. 2018; 9(1): 219-224. doi: 10.5958/2321-5828.2018.00039.6   Available on: https://rjhssonline.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2018-9-1-39


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