TikTok Memes as Consolidation Tool of the Protest Movement: Evidence from 2020 Khabarovsk Protest Rallies in Russia

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Brief Overview

Based on TikTok videos and comments about 2020 Khabarovsk protest rallies, the article investigates peculiarities of memes’ structural patterns, what functions and symbolic structures memes may carry out in the context of the protest movement.

Authors

• Anastasia Poretskova, HSE University

• Nikita Savin, National Research University Higher School of Economics

• Ilya Philippov, National Research University Higher School of Economics