Pope, interrupted. A qualitative study on memes, hashtags, and speech chains
This article investigates the reaction, on Twitter, to Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation announcement. Specifically, this is a qualitative study in linguistic anthropology of how memes and hashtags circulated on Twitter between the day of the announcement of said resignation and the Pope’s last day in...
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Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
2015-07-01
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Series: | Texto Livre: Linguagem e Tecnologia |
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Online Access: | http://www.periodicos.letras.ufmg.br/index.php/textolivre/article/view/6652 |