*CFP* "A NEW MEANING OF VIRAL: COVID-19 AND INTERNET MEMES", EDITED COLLECTION

After completing four essays (two with a co-author), which are set to be published in different collections, on COVID-19 Internet memes, this collection seeks to include novel perspectives in addition to these to be gathered in a meme-focused volume, especially since online practices and behaviors have become the critical forms of expression during the pandemic.

Topics include but are not limited to:

Public figures during the pandemic
Online expressions of biases
Analyses of common meme background images used for the coronavirus
Depictions of the virus itself
Pandemic practices
Representations of lockdown
Celebrities

*Please inquire first about any essays aiming to involve toilet paper since the editor has written one on this topic already, and it is set to be published by the end of the year.

First draft deadline: September 15, 2020.

Essays should be 5,000 to 7,000 words, Chicago style with endnotes and a bibliography page.

Please send abstracts and a brief bio to Rachel L. Carazo. rachel.carazo@snhu.edu