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”Pistä natsi asialle ja mene itse perässä!” Hitler-videomeemien historia ja anatomia

16.3.2016

Oliver Hirschbiegelin Perikato-elokuvan pohjalta tehdyt, uudelleentekstitetyt Hitler-nettivideot ovat yksi Internetin tunnetuimmista meemi-ilmiöistä. Artikkelissa tutkitaan Hitler-nettivideoiden intermediaalisia vaikutussuhteita, historiaa ja populaarikultturista kontekstia.

Linguistic analysis of online conflicts: A case study of flaming in the Smokahontas comment thread on YouTube

16.3.2016

Verbal conflict in online settings takes many forms. We explore several linguistic concepts in the study of verbal conflict through a case study of flaming in a YouTube comment thread (i.e. a massive polylogue).

“Hit ’em where it hurts the most” – exploring the humor of an attack on a gaming funeral

16.3.2016

In this review I will argue that humor theories, such as incongruity and superiority theories, could explain why a YouTube video of a memorial attack in 2006 in World of Warcraft is or is not per-ceived as funny by its viewers.