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PSYCHOLOGICALDISTRESS EFFECTS OF MEMES A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

38 Pages : 467-478

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).38      10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).38      Published : Jun 2022

Psychological-Distress Effects of Memes: A Critical Discourse Analysis

    The main purpose of this study was to explore the negative impacts of humour-created memes that disturb people’s psyche and their normal routine; it leads them towards depression through imitation and parody in an ironic way to exploit their personal life in the Pakistani context. It manipulates social ideologies, beliefs, thinking and practices. Some popular Facebook pages are Lateetfon Ki Dunya, and Pakistani Political memes are created and spread memes on social media. Memes often serve the purpose of puns and humiliating others (Irfan, 2021). To meet the objective of this study, ten badly effective memes were analysed. The content of these memes plays a crucial role in the production of memes' multimodal discourse because memes discourse is owned by the masses. Internet memes stimulate crowd engagement because they might be seen as a common language (McCulloch, 2019; Milner, 2016). Data were analysed under Fairclough's theoretical framework to elucidate the data detection. This research study indicated that layman uses those platforms to influence the behaviour and living of famous personalities and destroy their individuality by character assassination and they find no escape in this digital age.

    Depression, Meme, Manipulation, Negative Impact, Social Media, Psychology
    (1) Qurat-Ul-Ain Ayyaz
    Visiting Lecturer, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Suman Khursheed
    MPhil. Student, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Sadia Aslam
    Visiting Lecturer, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan.

Cite this article

    CHICAGO : Ayyaz, Qurat-Ul-Ain, Suman Khursheed, and Sadia Aslam. 2022. "Psychological-Distress Effects of Memes: A Critical Discourse Analysis." Global Language Review, VII (II): 467-478 doi: 10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).38
    HARVARD : AYYAZ, Q., KHURSHEED, S. & ASLAM, S. 2022. Psychological-Distress Effects of Memes: A Critical Discourse Analysis. Global Language Review, VII, 467-478.
    MHRA : Ayyaz, Qurat-Ul-Ain, Suman Khursheed, and Sadia Aslam. 2022. "Psychological-Distress Effects of Memes: A Critical Discourse Analysis." Global Language Review, VII: 467-478
    MLA : Ayyaz, Qurat-Ul-Ain, Suman Khursheed, and Sadia Aslam. "Psychological-Distress Effects of Memes: A Critical Discourse Analysis." Global Language Review, VII.II (2022): 467-478 Print.
    OXFORD : Ayyaz, Qurat-Ul-Ain, Khursheed, Suman, and Aslam, Sadia (2022), "Psychological-Distress Effects of Memes: A Critical Discourse Analysis", Global Language Review, VII (II), 467-478
    TURABIAN : Ayyaz, Qurat-Ul-Ain, Suman Khursheed, and Sadia Aslam. "Psychological-Distress Effects of Memes: A Critical Discourse Analysis." Global Language Review VII, no. II (2022): 467-478. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).38