Memefication of News: How Memes Are Replacing Traditional Journalism
The Rise of Meme Culture in News Consumption : Suppose there is a big political news that is made in the web, but people only disseminate it as memes. Assume there is a major political news circulating in the web, but people only share it as meme . Recently, there was a lot of chatter which was fueled by memes, reaction edits on social media and not much factual reporting regarding Raghav Chadha allegedly being part of the BJP. This shows a growing “memefication of news” , where humorous trends on the internet are informing the populace faster than news. Now in this digital age there is one of the top social media news trends in journalism that is meme culture with Gen Z readers liking content that is easy, fun and understandable for them due to their short attention spans and attention-deficit tendencies. What is the ‘Memefication of News'? Memefication of news: The process of making serious news into meme, joke, GIF and viral social media posts. Instagram, X...