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Living your Best Life and Radiating Positivity: Exploratory Conceptions of Wholesome Memes as The New Sincerity

Authors: Roger Chabot; Yimin Chen;

Living your Best Life and Radiating Positivity: Exploratory Conceptions of Wholesome Memes as The New Sincerity

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From commercial advertising to political messaging, internet memes have proven to be among the most prevalent and pervasive forms of communication online. The so-called “wholesome meme” is a subversive genre of meme that arose in early 2016 as a reaction to increasing geopolitical turbulence and cultural polarization. Wholesome memes are defined by their bold positivity and feature loving friendships, cute animals, and heartwarming stories. As an early attempt to theorize this emerging phenomenon, this paper argues that wholesome memes can be considered part of the larger post-postmodernist literary movement, The New Sincerity. Synthesizing expressions of irony and sincerity, these memes may signal a shift in the character and attitude of internet culture from anti- to pro-social and speak to the desire of people to seek meaning and fulfillment. De la publicité aux message politiques, les mèmes s'avèrent désormais être parmi les formes de communication en ligne les plus répandues. Le soi-disant « wholesome meme » (mème sain) est un genre subversif de mèmes qui a surgi au début de 2016 en réaction à la turbulence géopolitique croissante et à la polarisation culturelle. Les mèmes sains se caractérisent par leur positivité audacieuse et démontre des situation amicales, des animaux adorables et des histoires réconfortantes. En tant que première tentative de théoriser ce phénomène émergent, cet article soutien que les mèmes sains peuvent être considérés comme faisant partie du mouvement littéraire post-postmoderniste du New Sincerity. Synthétisant des expressions d'ironie et de sincérité, ces mèmes peuvent signaler un changement dans le caractère et l'attitude de la culture Internet, passant d'anti- à prosocial et d'aborder le désir des gens de trouver un sens et de se réaliser en tant que personne.

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