Social Media Memes As A Humour Vehicle During Covid-19
Main Article Content
Abstract
Life seems to have come to a standstill with the emergence of COVID-19.Ithas induced a feeling of isolation in people and they seem to be having a very less sets of reactions. They simply do not know how to react and sufferowing toself-imposed quarantine. All of these sudden changes have led to immediate behavioural shift. During this lockdown, when people needed a relief from the official meetings while working from home, they would look forward to something more than the boringonline games.Meme sharing provided an opportunity for them to socialise with more people and evoked laughter during the countrywide lockdown. This paper is to study about meme pattern and followers’ comments on the memestakenfrom the famous Facebook page ‘Chennai Memes’ in Tamil Nadu and also how theyplay a very vital role in dealing with various social issues and mental stress of peopleduring COVID-19.
Downloads
Metrics
Article Details
Licensing
TURCOMAT publishes articles under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This licensing allows for any use of the work, provided the original author(s) and source are credited, thereby facilitating the free exchange and use of research for the advancement of knowledge.
Detailed Licensing Terms
Attribution (BY): Users must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. Users may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses them or their use.
No Additional Restrictions: Users may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
