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Laughter during the war: Russian agression in Ukraine in political cartoons and memes

Modern wars differ from the classic ones in that they use not only military equipment and regular troops. Values, ideology, culture, symbols, media, humor are becoming weapons in the 21st century.
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ISHS 2024

Dr. Orest Semotiuk participated in the 34 Conference of the International Society for Humor Studies hosted online by Texas A&M University-Commerce from April 19-21, 2024. There were nearly 200 in attendance, 17 poster presentations, 82 papers and panel presentations, and four plenaries.

He presented a paper Ideology vs. Quasi-Ideology: “Rashism” and “Ukrofascism” in world, Ukrainian and Russian political cartoons and memes.