3 For the Sake of Sharing Fake News as Memes

Raúl Rodríguez-Ferrándiz, Cande Sánchez-Olmos and Tatiana Hidalgo-Marí

DOI: 10.4324/9781003299936-3

This research work has been funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR through the projects TRIVIAL (PID2021-122263OBC22) and SocialTrust (PDC2022-133146- C22).

Introduction

Memes are one of the most significant phenomena and most notorious social practices of digital popular culture to the point that they have become a key format to understanding certain aspects of contemporary society. Although neither memes nor memetics are a new phenomenon, the internet has multiplied the ability to replicate and spread surprising ideas that materialize in a multitude of ...

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