Interpretation of Meme Conversations Using Multimodality Analysis

DOI

10.2991/klua-18.2018.20How to use a DOI?

Keywords

meme; multimodality; Instagram

Abstract

The research entitled “Interpretation of Meme Conversations Using Multimodality Analysis”. The research has purposes to analyze the meaning of the meme at 9GAG Official Instagram account and also to describe the steps can be taken by use a proper English grammatical rules for the remedial in improving the meaning interpretation. The research used the theories of language errors by Kress and Leeuwen. The method of this research is a descriptive-analytic method. The analysis is based on an investigation of an event, essay, or act for know the real situation. This research is done by describing the data and information obtained, the writer used scientific journals, the sources are downloaded from the internet, as well as through visual media such as visual image from the 9GAG Instagram account and at the final stage will be the conclusion of the analysis results. There are found that meme can be used to deliver a certain message, as a medium for a massive communication and also as an entertainment. The suggestions of the research are it would be better for the reader to understand the meaning of the meme, it will helps the reader to be more completely understand the message or even the entertainment of the meme. Therefore the reader will be able to acknowledge the information.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TI  - Interpretation of Meme Conversations Using Multimodality Analysis
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