ABSTRACT
This edited collection introduces English and literacy educators to the theoretical, research-based, and practical dimensions of using digital memetic texts—“memes”—in the classroom. Digital memetic texts come with new affordances, particularly as avenues for student creativity, voice, and advocacy. But these texts can also be put to manipulative, propagandistic, and nefarious purposes, posing critical challenges to an informed, democratic citizenry. Grounded in multimodality and critical literacy, this book investigates the fascinating digital dimension of texts, audiences, and meaning, and considers how English educators might take up these conversations in practical ways with students. With authentic examples from teachers and students, this volume provides a road map to researchers and educators—both preservice and in-service—interested in critical and productive uses of these modern phenomena.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter Chapter 1|24 pages
Historical Damage, Modern Resonances, and Speculative Futures
part I|62 pages
A Critical Memetic Curriculum
part |8 pages
Introduction
chapter Chapter 2|13 pages
Making “Meme”ing
chapter Chapter 3|14 pages
Critical Media Analysis through Memes
chapter Chapter 5|13 pages
The Meme Museum
part II|75 pages
Multimodal Composing with Memetic Texts
part |9 pages
Introduction
chapter Chapter 8|13 pages
Critical Memetic Analysis as Testimony
part III|36 pages
Memetics and Language
part |9 pages
Introduction
chapter Chapter 12|10 pages
“I Want to Use My Voice”
part IV|48 pages
Memes and Community Identities
part |10 pages
Introduction