The shift toward digital environments has introduced a range of new and transformed ideas and concepts. Digital communities and digital diaspora as one type of such communities are among those concepts that entered discussions of scholars in the field of communication and media studies with the advances in technology development – the theories of deterritorialized and imagined … [Read more...] about Social Media and Diasporic Digital Communion: Ukrainian Digital Diaspora in the USA
Internet Memes: an Element of Coping Mechanism or a Tool for Propaganda Disinformation?
In times of calamities such as pandemics or wars, humor, as acknowledged by many scientists, serves as a coping mechanism that helps to endure stress, despair, and depression. Paradoxically, jokes and satirical images proliferate during war times. Gallows humor consoled soldiers during World War I. Humor and comedy were broadcasted and published during World War II to keep … [Read more...] about Internet Memes: an Element of Coping Mechanism or a Tool for Propaganda Disinformation?