Bio

My research focuses on the digital public sphere and political discourse online.  I'm interested in the affect and aesthetics of subcultures online and how the affordances and platform cultures of social networking sites shape digitally native ideologies. My past research has investigated the critical potential of depression memes online and the intertextual affectivity of these texts as tied their modes of consumption. My current research looks at anti-capitalist subcultures online across Reddit, Instagram and Tumblr and their forms of critique.

Top publications

  1. On Purposefully Poor Images - Aesthetic Encounters with Alienation

    Chateau, L. (2023). On Purposefully Poor Images: Aesthetic Encounters with Alienation. Aesthetic Investigations, 5(2), 173-193.
  2. Beyond Computationality - Radical Play and Aesthetics in Future Compa…

    Chateau, L. (2023). Beyond Computationality: Radical Play and Aesthetics in Future Compasses. Virtual Creativity, 12(2), 133-153.
  3. Cultural capital and ironic literacy in the meme economy

    Chateau, L. (Author). (2021). Cultural capital and ironic literacy in the meme economy. Web publication/site, . https://memestudiesrn.wordpress.com/2021/10/27/cultural-capital-and-ironic-literacy-in-the-meme-economy/
  4. The Conflicted Interests of r/WallStreetBets: Political movement or “…

    Chateau, L. (2021). The Conflicted Interests of r/WallStreetBets: Political movement or “degenerates gambling?”. Diggit Magazine. https://www.diggitmagazine.com/articles/rwallstreetbets-memes
  5. “Damn I Didn’t Know Y’all Was Sad? I Thought It Was Just Memes” - Iro…

    Chateau, L. (2020). “Damn I Didn’t Know Y’all Was Sad? I Thought It Was Just Memes”: Irony, Memes and Risk in Internet Depression Culture. M/C Journal , 23(3). https://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/article/view/1654#

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