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What is Image Macro

Handbook of Research on Narrative Advertising
A communication tool with a high expression potential that circulates on network platforms in a text-attached image format as the subset of memes.
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The Interaction of Memes and Digital Rhetoric With Stereotypes
Ayca Oralkan (Beykent University, Turkey)
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 11
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9790-2.ch020
Abstract
On the basis of efforts to gain an advantage in a competitive environment, the rhetoric, as an ancient persuasion technique, has enabled companies and brand messages to reach the audience effectively. Internet memes are widely used in shaping digital rhetoric strategies as information units that reflect cultural tendencies and are rapidly disseminated by internet users in social media. It is aimed to draw attention to the products by developing certain properties of potentially unforgettable memes as effective mediums to spread messages. Market segments enable targeted messages to reach potential customers who likely respond positively to specific ads. Rhetoric strategies focus on making the memes more persuasive to these target groups, where stereotypes are transformed into effective mediums for transmitting messages.
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Internet Memes
An image macro consist of a normal or manipulated image that has been paired with an ingenious phrase that is usually silly, spelled wrong and uses incorrect sentence structure or otherwise creating a humorous effect.
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