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Which kind of sources spread contents about Memetic warfare on Google.it and what is their orientation?

GRASSROOTS DANGER OPPORTUNITY NEUTRAL ENJOYMENT MERCH. SOURCES OPINIONS ARTIFACTS POST PODCAST WIKI PAPER ARTICLES VIDEO BOOK ISTITUTIONAL NEWSROOM OPINIONS OPPORTUNITYSome try to reveal the “hidden”power of memetic warfare, treating it as an opportunity for the future DANGEROthers are concerned about the risksof memetic warfare used as a weapon,giving awareness about the main uses of it NEUTRALEvery artifact related to memeticwarfare wich has no opinion about it ENJOYMENTmemetic warfare is also spreadinggadgets, games and funny stuffwich have no political or social opinon MERCH. (MERCHANDISING)All kind of “Memetic Gadget”: coffee mugs,t-shirts, bags, flags... POSTAll the social media’s posts done by userson Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc. WIKIEvery dictionary entry not curated byany kind of “formal language” institution PODCAST audio-series web episodes in wichis interviewed an interesting characterrelated to m.w. PAPER academic articles withresearch or study pursuits and gathered mainly in few pages ARTICLESarticles curated by news editorsand uploaded on their own website VIDEOAudiovisual media over the different video-social networks such asYoutube, Vimeo, Dailymotion BOOKBooks related to memetic warfare TYPES OF ARTEFACTS SOURCES GRASSROOTSauthors coming from the web and from all the different kind of social media communities ISTITUTIONALall the sources related to the different institutions such as Governments, Armies, Researchers, Universities etc. NEWSROOMnewspapers websites or online news editors

Starting from the findings of the first part we want to explore the different voices of the discussion about Memetic warfare. Considering the first 100 results on Google.it, different elements have been highlighted: the sources’ opinions, the type of text and the point of view. It emerges that the three main types of sources are linked to radically different opinions about Memetic warfare.

Main Findings

Grassroots authors do not have an open critical position. Some of them enjoy the production of memes taking advantage of the sale of merchandise.

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From 1993, institutional representatives see the potential of memes’ virality as efficient media weapons supporting the success of their ideas. On the other hand, the editorial sector is aware of the dangers and risks of memetic warfare.

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Date of retrieval

07/11/2019