CLADISTICS ruined my life: intersections of fandom, internet memes, and public engagement with science
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چکیده
In an increasingly mediated culture, social institutions such as science, public health, and civic engagement exist within the same modes of discourse popular media. As a human endeavor, science is also cultural phenomenon, there are webs multidirectional layered communication that occur between formal communication, pop and, indeed, For participants, with entertainment may be one in same. This essay draws from research transformative works, fan studies, memetics to examine how engages media digital cultures.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: JCOM, journal of science communication
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1824-2049']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/2.21050401