MODERN STORYTELLING AND HUMOR IN DIGITAL MEDIA: FROM MEMES TO PODCASTS
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This article examines how storytelling and humor have transformed across digital media, from memes to podcasts. Its main argument is that contemporary digital storytelling and humor are not entirely new forms of entertainment. Rather, they are renewed forms of older folkloric, oral, and performance-based narrative traditions within digital platforms. The article comparatively discusses internet memes, Instagram and other social media narratives, TikTok-based short video culture, YouTube content, and podcasts. Methodologically, it does not rely on original fieldwork or quantitative data. Instead, it adopts a qualitative and interpretive review approach, drawing on folklore studies, anthropology, performance theory, humor studies, and digital media scholarship. The article shows that digital platforms do not only accelerate storytelling; they also turn users into producers, interpreters, and sharers of narrative and humorous content. Examples from Turkey demonstrate how global digital forms gain new meanings through local humor, cultural memory, everyday life, and social experience. In conclusion, digital storytelling should not be understood as a break from the past, but as the transformation and continuation of older narrative traditions within new media environments.
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