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In June 2009 a group of forum-goers on the popular culture website, Something Awful, created a monster called the Slender Man. Inhumanly tall, pale, black-clad, and with the power to control minds, the Slender Man references many classic,... more
A Memética é, então, a ciência que estuda como memes se propagam. O que a genética faz com os genes, a Memética faz com os memes. Ou, mais precisamente, o que a genética de populações e a epidemiologia fazem com as informações genéticas,... more
Much is spoken and written about the liberal nature of global trade and its relation to democracy and freedoms. Trade representatives of the transatlantic free trade agreement (TAFTA | TTIP) have talked about the importance of the... more
We clarify, in this paper, that memes are elements of intertextual relation, from the analysis of 31 videos response for a Brazilian viral called “oração” (A Banda mais Bonita da Cidade), popular on YouTube in 2011. meme’s... more
A lo largo la historia española la sátira ha estado presente de una forma constante, configurándose en una suerte de correa de transmisión, de vehículo informativo y comunicacional. Además de proporcionar herramientas para la comprensión... more
(Pre-print version. To appear in eVarieng)
The idea that the political system is subject to rampant and invisible voter fraud has animated recent debates over the regulation of elections. Election integrity advocates have claimed that this threat justifies voter identification... more
El siguiente trabajo propone pensar la relación entre la experiencia vital/mortal que implica un conflicto bélico y una visualidad propia de la guerra. Para eso se trabaja con una manera particular de vincularse con el campo de lo... more
Myb genes constitute one of the largest transcription factor families in the plant kingdom. Soybean MYB transcription factors have been related to the plant response to biotic stresses. Their involvement in response to Phakopsora... more
With the communication systems of the Internet technology having rapidly been improved in 2000s, it is obvious that communication has been evolved into a new dimension. Communication systems of the Internet technology exemplified as blogs... more
This article aims to discuss the role humour plays in politics, particularly in a media environment overflowing with user-generated video. We start with a genealogy of political satire, from classical to Internet times, followed by a... more
This paper evaluates and criticises the developmental systems conception of evolution and develops instead an extension of the “gene's eye” conception of evolution. We argue (i) Dawkin's attempt to segregate developmental and evolutionary... more
In March 2012, the Kony 2012 campaign was launched by the NGO Invisible Chindren, having as its main tool a 29 minute movie, whose main goal is to mobilize people in order to find and arrest Joseph Kony, the leader of LRA (Lord’s Army... more
This paper evaluates and criticises the developmental systems conception of evolution and develops instead an extension of the “gene's eye” conception of evolution. We argue (i) Dawkin's attempt to segregate developmental and evolutionary... more
"To date there appears to have been little academic research that concentrates on investigating nineteenth century professions and none that could be located which consider their role in relation to the development of small provincial... more