Digital humour in the COVID-19 pandemic : perspectives from the global south / / edited by Shepherd Mpofu

• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (356 pages)
• Disciplina: 362.1962414
• Soggetto topico: COVID-19 (Disease) - Social aspects; COVID-19 (Disease) in mass media
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): MpofuShepherd
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- About the Book -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Social Media and COVID-19: Taking Humour During Pandemics Seriously -- Introduction -- Social Media, Community and Humour -- COVID-19, Mediatization and Datafication of Society -- Why the Global South? -- Humour and Pandemics -- References -- Part I: Meme-making Practices and Making Sense of the Pandemic -- Chapter 2: Social Media Memes as Commentary in Health Disasters in South Africa and Zimbabwe -- Introduction -- Memes Culture as Participatory Culture -- Methodology -- Theoretical and Conceptual Framework -- Listeriosis, Identity and Desensitization -- COVID-19 in South Africa -- South Africa: Fellow South Africans, Ramabillions, #Coronaviruschallenge -- Corruption -- Zimbabwe: Humorless State and Protest -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Viral Jokes: Humour and Grace as Critical Devices in Memes About the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil -- Introduction -- The Memes Pandemic and Its Different Phases -- A Government Without Grace and a Disgrace of Government: The Common Good Is State Care -- Leave the Street: The Common Good Is Citizen Care -- Isolate! The Common Good Is to Resist During the New Routine -- Humorous Critique Focused on Grace and Inspiration -- A 'New Normal': The Second Routinization and the 'Endemicization' of the Pandemic -- Conclusion -- References -- News Reports -- Chapter 4: 'Coromentality': Nigerians' Use of Memetic Humour During the COVID-19 Lockdowns -- Introduction -- Humour in Times of Crisis -- Context -- Theoretical and Conceptual Framework -- Methodology -- Data Presentation and Analysis -- Need to Practise Safety Habits and Have Information -- Consequences of a Protracted Stay at Home -- Need for Entertainment -- Conclusion -- References. ; Chapter 5: An Analysis of Internet Memes and Discourses on Traditional Medicines as Remedies for COVID-19 in Zimbabwe -- Introduction and Context -- Literature Review -- Theoretical and Conceptual Framework -- Methodology -- Data Presentation and Analysis -- COVID-19, Traditional Herbal Medicines and Epistemic Struggles -- COVID-19 Vaccines and the Social Commentary -- Memes as a Critique of the Commercialisation of Indigenous Medicines -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: "Can we Uninstall 2020 and Install It Again? This Version Has a Virus!": Humourous Pundemic and Misinforming Infodemic about COVID-19 Pandemic on Social Media -- Introduction -- Communication in a Humour -- The Bases of Memes -- Online Memes -- Crisis-Motivated Humour -- Humour as a Strategy of Coping the Pandemic -- Nigerian Comedians, COVID-19 and Social Media Humour -- Fake News as Humour on Social Media -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: Social Media Audience's Interpretation of Selected Humor Memes on Coronavirus Pandemic in Nigeria -- Introduction -- Objectives of the Study -- Research Questions -- Research Methodology -- Theoretical and Conceptual Framework -- The Memes and Respondents' Interpretations -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Gender, Race and Family: Identity Politics in the Pandemic -- Chapter 8: Coronavirus Satire: A Dissection of Feminist Politics and Humour -- Introduction -- Theoretical and Conceptual Framework -- Methodology -- Reconstructing Feminist Politics Humour in Zimbabwe -- What Is Personal Is Political -- Sexual Humour and Singlehood -- Ridiculing Political Power -- COVID-19 Humour: Economic Impact on Women -- Misogyny -- Comedy and Misinformation -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: 'A Nation that Laughs Together, Stays Together': Deconstructing Humour on Twitter During the National Lockdown in South Africa. ; Introduction -- Context -- Humour and Identity in South Africa -- Resistance, Power and Discourse -- Cyril Ramaphosa: Friend or Foe -- A Female President? -- Humour as Disciplinary Practice -- Twitter as an Agonistic Public Sphere -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10: Fear and Loathing and Laughter: COVID-19 as an Expression of Decolonial Love -- Introduction -- Democratic Racism and Black Twitter -- Racism and Decolonial Love -- Contestation and Resistance -- Multipositionality and Race -- Multiple Realities of the Postcolony -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III: Weapons of the Masses: Humour, Ridicule and Confronting Political Power -- Chapter 11: #VoetsekANC and COVID Corruption: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis of "A Song for the ANC" -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Social Media and Politics in South Africa (2015-2020) -- Social Media and Influencer Culture in South Africa -- TikTok Amongst Generation X and Generation Alpha -- Theoretical Framework and Methodology -- Foucauldian Philosophies and Humour in South Africa -- 'Governmentality' and Discourse in Social Media -- Findings and Discussion -- Song as a Form of Resistance -- "A Song for the ANC" Is Not a Struggle Song -- Political History of Corruption -- Election of Zuma as President and the Disbanding of The Scorpions -- COVID Corruption and "Tsek" Movement on TikTok -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12: Humour in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Critical Analysis of the Subversive Meanings of WhatsApp Memes in Zimbabwe -- Introduction -- Context -- Political Satire, Internet Memes and Protest Cultures -- Theoretical and Conceptual Framework -- Methodology -- WhatsApp Memes and the Everyday Lives -- WhatsApp Memes as "Silent Resistance" -- Memes as a Form of Political Commentary -- Conclusion -- References. ; Chapter 13: Humour in the Age of Contagion: Coronavirus, 'Janata Curfew' Meme and India's Digital Cultures of Virality -- Introduction -- Humour in the Times of COVID: Metalising Political Protest -- Announcing 'Janata Curfew': Coronavirus in India and Official Response -- Invoking Bollywood: Finding Resonance in Popular Cinema and Soap Operas -- 'Apne Baap Ko Mat Sikha': Political Comment Wrapped in Humour -- Giving Coronavirus a Voice: 'I Can't Survive This -- I Will Die' -- Humour as 'Counter-Power': Confronting the State with Laughter -- Crossing Lines: On the Limits of Humour -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 14: The Use of Meme and Hashtags on Twitter Towards Government Response During the COVID-19 Curfew Announcement from 1 June to 14 June 2020 -- Introduction -- Meme Concept -- Twitter -- Background and Context -- Twitter Users in Kenya -- Theoretical and Conceptual Framework -- Methodology -- Data Presentation and Analysis -- Humour on Twitter -- Hashtags on Social Media -- Conclusion -- References -- Tweets by Twitter Users and YouTube Uploads -- Chapter 15: Dark Humour, Ubuntu and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case of Subaltern Humouring of Political Elite Deaths on Social Media -- Introduction -- Subalterneity, Citizen Dissidence and Ubuntu -- Journalism as Storytelling -- Methodology -- Humour in Pandemics -- COVID-19 and Dark Humour -- Zimbabwe's President as a Joker -- Jackson Mthembu: The Death of a Good Man -- Dark Humour and Unmourning the Mournables -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Digital humour in the COVID-19 pandemic
• ISBN: 3-030-79279-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910506384203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II