{
  "title": "ToComment",
  "domain": "Genetics & Biomedical",
  "type": "Paper",
  "creators": [
    {
      "name": "Mridula Mascarenhas"
    },
    {
      "name": "Richard J. Cordes"
    },
    {
      "name": "Daniel A. Friedman"
    }
  ],
  "description": "This paper develops a case for integrating rhetorical and ecological frameworks to study digital image memes and their role in disseminating online narratives. Building on the DRE3 model, we analyze h...",
  "abstract": "This paper develops a case for integrating rhetorical and ecological frameworks to study digital image memes and their role in disseminating online narratives. Building on the DRE3 model, we analyze how memes function as rhetorical artifacts that shape public discourse through parsimony, polysemy, and identity construction in digital public spheres.",
  "keywords": [
    "rhetorical analysis",
    "image memes",
    "digital discourse",
    "narrative ecosystems",
    "DRE3 model",
    "public sphere"
  ],
  "methods": [
    {
      "name": "Genomic and bioinformatic analysis",
      "description": "Applied genomic and bioinformatic analysis approach"
    },
    {
      "name": "Statistical genetics",
      "description": "Applied statistical genetics approach"
    }
  ],
  "key_findings": [
    "develops a case for integrating rhetorical and ecological frameworks to study digital image memes and their role in disseminating online narratives..",
    "Building on the DRE3 model, we analyze h...."
  ],
  "related_papers": [
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    "2015_EhrlichialInfection",
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  ],
  "checked_at": "2026-07-01T20:50:01Z"
}