Anastasia Denisova speaks to New Book Network about her new book on memes and society

Anastasia Denisova, a lecturer in journalism at the University of Westminster, talks to the New Book Network about her new book Internet Memes and Society: Social, Cultural, and Political Contexts (Routledge, 2019). The book gives both a history of internet memes as well as an analysis of key case studies of their impact on politics and society. Offering a rich and detailed engagement with Russian and American politics, as well as a nuanced and even-handed assessment of specific and well-known memes. In the current complex political moment the book is essential reading across the humanities and social sciences, as well as for anyone seeking to understand how the internet may shape forthcoming elections.

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