@article{932035,
      author = {Mina, An Xiao,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/932035},
      title = {Memes to movements : how the world's most viral media is  changing social protest and power /},
      abstract = {"Memes are the street art of the internet and the newest  tool shaping political contention today. Between  authoritarians and activists, between propagandists and  journalists, memes are now essential to modern media. Using  social media-driven movements as her guide, technologist  and digital media scholar An Xiao Mina goes on a global  exploration of internet memes as agents of pop culture,  politics, protest, and propaganda on- and offline. She  finds that even the silly stuff of meme culture--the photo  remixes, the selfies, the YouTube songs, and the pun-tastic  hashtags--are fundamentally intertwined with how movements  build power: by affirming emotions and identities, driving  attention and narrative, and shaping culture. The same  power is also a key vector for misinformation, hate,  surveillance, and censorship, embraced by the powerful to  influence our digital public spaces. Fresh and sharply  innovative, Memes to Movements unveils the transformative  power of memes--and how they will save or destroy us  all."--Back cover.},
      recid = {932035},
      pages = {1 online resource (235 pages) :},
}