Theresa HennOtto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg · Department Department of Information Systems and Social Networks
Theresa Henn
Master of Arts
Research Associate University of Bamberg
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July 2020 - June 2021
Education
October 2018 - December 2020
September 2014 - April 2018
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Publications (4)
In this paper, I evaluate the role of memes as cultural symbols of online communities and their diffusion across community boundaries. Using the concept of meme languages, I compare examples of cultural symbols shared by alt-right and mainstream communities and analyze their similarities and differences based on a visual feature-matching algorithm...
Analyzing symbols shared within online communities (OCs) is essential to better understand communities’ expressed cultures. To evaluate how OCs differ in their expressed culture and analyze the effects of community rules (CR) and moderation policies (MP), we examined meme sharing of subreddit and interaction communities on Reddit. To detect memes s...
Portrayals of violence are common in contemporary media reporting; they attract public attention and influence the reader's opinion. In the particular context of a social movement such as Black Lives Matter (BLM), the portrayal of violence in news coverage attracts public attention and can affect the movement's development, support, and public perc...
