Week in Review: December 9, 2015

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Muira McCammon

This week, Internet Monitor looks at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, a small town in British Columbia, a Turkish meme gone awry, and an international initiative to collect animal memes.

Contribute to the cutest map on the Internet

Posted on December 01, 2015 by Rebekah Heacock Jones

The Civic Beat team is working on what is possibly the best Internet-related research project ever: a collection of culturally significant animal memes from around the world. Even better: they're looking for help.

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Neuland or Nowhere Land? Reflecting on Evanescence, Immortality, and Internet Memes

Posted on July 17, 2013 by lgraham

In a joint press conference with President Obama last month, German Chancellor Angela Merkel referred to the Internet as “Neuland”—literally, an “uncharted territory”—in response to a question about PRISM. Since then, the Internet has exploded with the #Neuland meme.

Syrian Citizens Launch Memes and Throw Shoes in Viral Internet Campaign

Posted on June 21, 2013 by lgraham

In the context of civil war, tech-savvy and socially engaged Syrian citizens are resisting the state in creative ways. Eye-catching posters began to show up on Syrian streets around the time the uprising began in March 2011. In May 2011, citizens launched the “I am with Syria” Facebook page.

Culture Memes as Creative Resistance on Tiananmen Square Anniversary

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Internet Monitor

A new torrent of words including "today" and "June 4" referencing the Tiananmen Square Anniversary have been blocked from Chinese social media as the country engages in its annual crackdown on Internet, also known as "Internet Maintenance Day." And though the Chinese government is running a sophisticated and tight censorship ship, they're having a bit harder time blocking memes.

Tiananmen Square Anniversary: China Experiments with Subtle Censorship and Netizens Fight Back with Images

Posted on June 04, 2013 by pkumar

This year marks the 24th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square massacre. In what has become an "Internet maintenance" ritual, the popular microblogging site Weibo blocked terms relating to the event but could not keep up with the memes netizens circulated to memorialize the event.

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