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On the Meme Train to Sylt: Memetic Becoming and Ambivalent Identification Online

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Ryan M. Milner, Paul Wolff – 2023

Through memes, social media participants simultaneously mocked conservative worry about Sylt and punk presence on Sylt. All this memetic play inspired participants to become. Through a mix of identification and disidentification, memes hailed participants into political stances characterized by specific modes of expression. Memetic becoming, at best, can help people speak truth to power. At worst, it can inspire only a nihilistic smirk as the pixels speed across the screen.

Title
On the Meme Train to Sylt: Memetic Becoming and Ambivalent Identification Online
Keywords
Article; RA 4: Literary Currencies
Date
2023
Appeared in
Social Media + Society | 9.1
Type
Text
Coverage
This publication is the result of work carried out in Research Area 4: Literary Currencies.

How to cite:
Ryan M. Milner and Paul Wolff. "On the Meme Train to Sylt: Memetic Becoming and Ambivalent Identification Online." Social Media + Society 9, no. 1 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051231158825.