The Public Interest Behind #JeSuisCharlie and #JeSuisAhmed: Social Media and Hashtag Virality as Mechanisms for Western Cultural Imperialism
As social creatures, humans are highly involved in storytelling. With the continued advancement of communication systems, the mechanisms for telling the narrative of human events also have evolved. Social media and the memetic properties of hashtags’ going viral are the apex of modern, digitally med...
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University of Florida, College of Journalism and Communications
2018-06-01
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| Series: | Journal of Public Interest Communications |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.fcla.edu/jpic/article/view/104980 |