TY - JOUR T1 - Sexual Violence Discourse on Internet: Meme, Hoe and the Case of Eno Fariha JF - Jurnal Perempuan Y1 - 2016 A1 - Agam, R. A KW - internet KW - meme KW - sexual violence AB - Internet memes are presently gaining momentum as the hip media of the internet, yet it also brought the dated notion of sexism and violence against women. The notion is apparent especially after the recent case of violence and murder of Eno Fariha was transformed into memes. Using several superficial aspect of media coverage on Eno’s case, such as the utilization of hoe for the murder, the creator of said memes basically implies that any women who violate practices identifiable with certain religion is subject to similar act of violence which befalls Eno. Moreover, taking into account that internet memes are made ‘just for laughs’, the humor of the meme becomes more prevalent than the violence discourse. Further inspection is needed on how much has the discourse spread, especially with memes’ quick and easy spread through the internet, and on its discursive relation with religion and domestification of women. VL - 21 UR - http://www.indonesianfeministjournal.org/index.php/IFJ/article/view/147 IS - 4 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Religious Memetics: Institutional Authority in Digital/Lived Religion JF - Journal of Communication Inquiry Y1 - 2015 A1 - Burroughs, Benjamin A1 - Feller, Gavin KW - Digital Religion KW - Lived religion KW - meme KW - mormonism KW - religious memetics AB - Recently leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS/Mormon) faith have called upon members to "sweep the earth" with positive religious messages through social media. This digital moment in Mormonism exemplifies the interrelation and concomitant tension between everyday lived religion, technology, and religious institutions. While studies on digital religion have emphasized the push of participatory culture into everyday lived religion, this research on religious memes contributes to an emergent vein of digital religion scholarship focused on institutional authority. In our analysis of the "doubt your doubts" meme and antimemes we theorize religious memetics as a space for the reconnection of the everydayness of religious practice, which boils down meaningful moments of faith into facile, nonthreatening avenues for sharing religion. While this is beneficial for institutions, the reflexive and metonymic function of religious memes ruptures routine, offering participants momentary pauses from the demands of orthodox religious life. VL - 39 UR - http://jci.sagepub.com/content/39/4/357.abstract IS - 4 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Who would Jesus bomb? The Republican Jesus meme and the fracturing of ideology JF - Social Media + Society Y1 - 2016 A1 - Duerringer, C. A KW - Ideology KW - Jesus KW - meme AB - This project joins a growing conversation about the cultural significance of memes (and Internet memes in particular), offering a critical analysis of Republican Jesus—one popular image macro that mocks contemporary American conservatism—in order to illustrate the rhetorical potential of these putatively harmless do-it yourself (DIY) creations. Ultimately, I argue that Republican Jesus offers a critique of contemporary conservatism that creates “perspective by incongruity” and, thereby, creates a space for ideological struggle. VL - 2 UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2056305116637095#articleCitationDownloadContainer IS - 1 ER -