[ecrea] special issue of Journal of Visual Culture on Internet Memes

I'm pleased to announce the publication of a special issue of the 
Journal of Visual Culture on Internet Memes. The entire issue is freely 
accessible at:

http://vcu.sagepub.com/content/13/3

Please share with your networks far and wide!

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Table of Contents

Laine Nooney and Laura Portwood-Stacer
One Does Not Simply: An Introduction to the Special Issue on
Internet Memes 248

Peter Lunenfeld
Barking at Memetics: The Rant That Wasn't 253

Lisa Nakamura
'I WILL DO EVERYthing That Am Asked': Scambaiting, Digital Show-Space,
and the Racial Violence of Social Media 257

Patrick Davison
Because of the Pixels: On the History, Form, and Influence of MS Paint 275

Jason Eppink
A brief history of the GIF (so far) 298

Kate Brideau and Charles Berret
A Brief Introduction to Impact: 'The Meme Font' 307

Nick Douglas
It's Supposed to Look Like Shit: The Internet Ugly Aesthetic 314

Limor Shifman
The Cultural Logic of Photo-Based Meme Genres 340

An Xiao Mina
Batman, Pandaman and the Blind Man: A Case Study in Social
Change Memes and Internet Censorship in China 359

Tim Hwang and Christina Xu
'Lurk More': An Interview with the Founders of ROFLCon 376

Jonathan Zittrain
Reflections on Internet Culture 388

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Laura Portwood-Stacer, PhD
www.lauraportwoodstacer.com <http://www.lauraportwoodstacer.com/>

Co-editor, Commentary & Criticism
/Feminist Media Studies 
<http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rfms20#.Uk1lOxYr9SY>/

Author, Lifestyle Politics and Radical Activism 
<http://www.lauraportwoodstacer.com/publications/lpra/>