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BAUTISTA, Judith Bustamante; CIANNELLA, Diana  y  STRUCHINER, Miriam. ADOLESCENCE IN MEMES: analysis of elementary school student’s representations. Rev. Exitus [online]. 2020, vol.10, e020058.  Epub 28-Mar-2022. ISSN 2237-9460.  https://doi.org/10.24065/2237-9460.2020v10n1id1214.

The multimodality evidenced by Digital Information and Communication Technology impacts adolescents’ lives immersed in digital culture. However, social and pedagogical practices are not integrated since school curriculum does not take into account students’ experiences and knowledge based on their daily life, nor their intense engagement in cyberculture. The present study adopted the Social Semiotic approach to analyze how elementary school students use Memes to represent their adolescence, to evidence the meanings that emerged from these representations, and to discuss their pedagogical implications. A workshop was implemented with 19 8th grade elementary public school students (13-15 years old) in the city of Rio de Janeiro, when they have produced memes using Meme Generator application. The memes were analyzed in the light of The Grammar of Visual Design which pointed to the prevalence of reactive narrative processes (n = 17), classified as: frustration (n = 5); dilemma (n = 4); sarcasm (n = 2); resistance (n = 2); low self-esteem (n = 2), and satisfaction (n=1). The other memes (n = 2) expressed conceptual and action narrative processes. Students’ representations emphasized the sociocultural aspects of their living contexts such as school, friends, family, and future, indicating resistance to prejudice, doubts, conflicts, joy with leisure moments, and desires. It’s noteworthy that the representations through memes offered signs of how these young people see their adolescence, in addition to highlight issues that permeate the daily lives of these students. In this way, memes can contribute to the discussion of a multicultural curriculum.

Palabras clave : Adolescence; Meme; Social Semiotics; The Grammar of Visual Design; Educational practices..

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