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One does not simply meme about organizations: Exploring the content creation strategies of user-generated memes on Imgur
Authors:Pamela Jo Brubaker  Scott Haden Church  Jared Hansen  Steven Pelham  Alison Ostler
Affiliation:School of Communications, Brigham Young University, 360 BRMB, Provo, UT 84602, United States
Abstract:This study explores how online publics are engaging with organizations by creating and sharing brand-related content online, outside corporate-controlled communication environments. This research employs a quantitative content analysis of memes shared on the social networking site Imgur to reveal how user-generated content conveys meaning about organizations. The analysis reveals brand-centric memes are generally classified as orphan memes, or memes that have distinct textual and visual characteristics separating them from established or emerging meme families. Memes about organizations are neither an overwhelming reflection of biting criticism or support, but rather a reflection of online public engagement with organizations that primarily use humor and textual brand features (or quiddities) to convey their commitment and satisfaction with the organization and unite meme families.
Keywords:Meme  Content analysis  Public engagement  Content creation
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