Memes

Social media has allowed people worldwide to witness the horrors of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and show solidarity to Ukrainians. It has also helped in demystifying the lies put forward by various Russian government propaganda. However, there has been a darker response to this situation, argues Daria Paterek. ...

Impact Features Join Impact’s Features team as they catch up with Rachel Elphick, winner of our Article of the Month award and meme historian extraordinaire! You can check out Rachel’s winning article here. Featured image courtesy of Isabelle Raikes and Impact Podcasts via Canva. Music courtesy of: https://www.purple-planet.com/ Did you know...

‘A picture is worth a thousand words’ is perhaps not an analogy we’d initially think to use when describing our 21st century meme culture. Such a literary turn of phrase should be reserved solely for deciphering meaning behind political cartoons published in early Victorian newspapers, or tenuous unpicking of...