The evolution of political memes: Detecting and characterizing internet memes with multi-modal deep learning

作者：

Highlights：

• Develops multimodal classification of memes using image, text, and face encoding.

• Uses graph learning to create the evolutionary tree for memes.

• Applies this to a large online conversation around a political event (2018 US mid-term elections).

• Outlines technique for meme OCR pre-processing.

摘要

•Develops multimodal classification of memes using image, text, and face encoding.•Uses graph learning to create the evolutionary tree for memes.•Applies this to a large online conversation around a political event (2018 US mid-term elections).•Outlines technique for meme OCR pre-processing.

论文关键词：Deep learning,Multi-modal learning,Computer vision,Meme-detection,Meme,00-01,99-00

论文评审过程：Received 30 July 2019, Revised 9 November 2019, Accepted 13 November 2019, Available online 13 December 2019, Version of Record 13 December 2019.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2019.102170