The Memes` Function In The Visual Design Of News Messages

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Investigating Patterns of Digital News Consumption Among College Students

“…This demonstrates the significance of online commentary in influencing public opinion, regardless of the venue and has implications for raising informed citizens. Pryahina (2019) examine how Internet memes function as essential elements of the visual presentation of news messages within the framework of social media communication patterns in their study. The authors define visual memes as language units made up of images, photos, or phrases, understandable to particular social groups, using data from publications between 2018 and 2019 on seven news pages within the well-known Russian social network VK, chosen for their post structures and varied political viewpoints.…”