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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Main Author: Marcus Vinicius Avelar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 2015-07-01
Series:Texto Livre: Linguagem e Tecnologia
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Online Access:http://www.periodicos.letras.ufmg.br/index.php/textolivre/article/view/6652