Overview
- Proposes new scholarly lenses for readers to examine the aestheticisation of hegemonic ideologies in the domain of critical digital literacy
- Contributes to cultural studies scholarship by summarising the key differences between banal and critical humour in social media
- Offers a new semiotic discourse analysis framework to examine power performances in comedic vernacular discourse
- Equips readers to reframe power in digital vernacular discourse in an interdisciplinary manner
Part of the book series: Cultural Studies and Transdisciplinarity in Education (CSTE, volume 10)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
Keywords
- critical discourse analysis
- critical digital literacy and cultural studies
- carnivalesque politics
- carnivalization of social relations
- power in the digital vernacular discourse
- comedy as a form of power
- aestheticization of hegemonic ideologies
- digital carnivalesque practices in social media
- power performances in digital vernacular discourse
- power relations in comedic mediatized contents
- multimodal analysis
- semiotic discourse analysis
- performance and performativity
About this book
This book challenges the framing of comedic acts as apolitical and it adopts a multimodal critical discourse approach to interrogate the performance of comedy as a form of power. It proposes using Bakhtin’s carnivalesque as the analytic tool to distil for readers key differences between humour as banal and humour as critical (and political) in today’s social media.
Drawing from critical theory and cultural studies, this book takes an interdisciplinary approach in formulating a contemporary view of power that reflects social realities not only in the digital economy but also in a world that is increasingly authoritarian. With the proposition of newer theoretical lenses in this book, scholars and social scientists can then find a way to shift the conversation to uncover the evolving voices of (existing and newer) power holders in the shared digital space; and to view current social realities as a continual project in unpacking and understanding the adaptive ways of the human spirit.Reviews
“Theorizing the notion of power in the ever changing and shifting dynamics of the digital realm is always challenging. Katy Kan’s processing of critical theory however presents a powerful lens to unpack power relations in one of the most digitally connected countries in the world – Singapore.” (Catherine Gomes, Associate Professor, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Katy Kan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics. Her PhD examined the carnivalisation of social relations as a form of power in the digital vernacular discourse. The diverse educational pathways that she has taken over the last 30 years speak for her curiosity to explore the social world in a multi-faceted manner.
In this regard, the career choices that she has pursued demonstrate her deep interest in problematising complexities in social relations in various domains: teaching, research and the corporate world. She has 15 years of experience teaching communication at various institutes of higher learning in Singapore. In the area of educational research, she has worked on four projects commissioned by the National Institute of Education. Lastly, she has eight years of corporate experience with various MNCs.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Digital Carnivalesque
Book Subtitle: Power Discourse and Counter Narratives in Singapore Social Media
Authors: Hoi-Yi Katy Kan
Series Title: Cultural Studies and Transdisciplinarity in Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2051-8
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-2050-1Published: 22 January 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-2053-2Published: 22 January 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-2051-8Published: 21 January 2020
Series ISSN: 2345-7708
Series E-ISSN: 2345-7716
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 167
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: Digital/New Media, Communication Studies, Political Communication, Cultural Studies, Sociology of Education, Semiotics