LibGuides: Cat Videos on the Web: Bibliography

Selected bibliography

Podhovnik, Edith. Purrieties of Language: How We Talk about Cats Online. Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Maddox, J. (2023). The Internet Is for Cats: How Animal Images Shape Our Digital Lives. https://doi.org/10.36019/9781978827943
Evans, A., Riley, S. (2023). Cute! Cats! IntimaciesMaddox, J. (2023). The Internet Is for Cats: How Animal Images Shape Our Digital Lives. of the Internet. In: Digital Feeling. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23562-7_6
Delgado, M.M., Han, B.S.G. & Bain, M.J. Domestic cats (Felis catus) prefer freely available food over food that requires effort. Anim Cogn 25, 95–102 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-021-01530-3
Kim, Y., & JOHNS, P. (2022). Using online media to assess mirror self-recognition in domestic cats.
Harrington, C. Lee. 2019. "Animal Fans: Toward a Multispecies Fan Studies." Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 30. https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2019.1677.
Janicke-Bowles, Sophie H., with Diana Riege; Winston Connor III. Finding Meaning at Work: The Role of Inspiring and Funny YouTube Videos on Work-Related Well-Being. Journal of Happiness Studies. February 2019, Volume 20, Issue 2, pp 619–640.
Islo, Kristina. Measuring Deterministic and Stochastic Gravitational Waves With Pulsar Timing Array Experiments. The University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Ph.D. dissertation. 2019. (mentions cat videos). RICE ONLY.
Kahn, Jeremy. Microsoft Says It's True: Cat Videos Distract Workers. HR Focus, 2018, Vol.95(3). RICE ONLY.
Berland, J. Virtual Menageries: Animals as Mediators in Network Cultures. MIT Press, 2019.
Yan, Lai Tsz. Cat burglar who steals hearts: Online cat video moderates the effect of ostracism on ingratiation. Master's thesis, The Education University of Hong Kong. 2018.
Fisk, Susan. What can science researchers, practitioners learn from the success of cat videos? Crops & Soils Magazine, Crops & Soils Magazine 2017 50:60-61. DOI: doi:10.2134/cs2017.50.0613
Katidioti, Ioanna; Taatgen, Niels ; Borst, Jelmer ; Vugt, van, Marieke ; Mark, Gloria ; Steg, Linda ; Wickens, C.D. ; Artificial Intelligence. Understanding and managing interruptions: How to avoid watching cat videos all day long. (good luck with it!) University of Groningen, 2016. DOI: http://hdl.handle.net/11370/e29d4f4c-374e-4c45-b9ab-54fec431e2fc
Shafer, Leah. Cat Videos and the Superflat Cinema of Attractions. Film Criticism. Volume 40, Issue 2, July 2016. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/fc.13761232.0040.208
Myric, Jessica Gail. Emotion regulation, procrastination, and watching cat videos online: Who watches Internet cats, why, and to what effect? Computers in Human Behavior. Volume 52, November 2015, Pages 168–176.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.06.001 RICE ONLY.
Krieger, Marylin and Pam Johnson-Bennett. Are cat videos good for cats? Nov 20th 2015.
Heller, Karen. Where cat videos, already dominant on the Internet, also take over real life. Washington Post. August 18, 2015.
Helpless before the power of meow; Must. Watch. Cat. Videos. But why? Lewiston Morning Tribune (ID), July 14, 2015.
O'Meara, Radha. Do Cats Know They Rule YouTube? Surveillance and the Pleasures of Cat Videos. M/C Journal; Apr2014, Vol. 17 Issue 2, p7-7, 1p.
Tschorn, Adam. Cat videos have clawed their way into our collective conscience. Houston Chronicle (TX), July 3, 2015.
Carbone, Nick, and Waxman, Olivia B. These New Yorkers Spent Their Friday Night Watching Cat Videos -- Together. Time.com. 10/26/2013, p1-1. RICE ONLY.
Dockray, Heather. Science proves that watching cat videos is good for your health. GOOD Magazine, June 17, 2015.
Dewey, Caitlin. The fascinating, feel-good psychology of Internet cat videos. Washington Post, June 16, 2015.
Carlin, Patricia and Dustin Fenstermacher. How to make your cat an Internet celebrity: a guide to financial freedom. 127 pp. Quirk Books, 2014.
Dredge, Stuart. What’s new, pussycat? The growing economy of internet cat videos. The Guardian. March 9, 2014.
Engber, Daniel. The Curious Incidence of Dogs in Publishing. If kittens rule the Internet, why do puppies reign in print? Slate Magazine. April 5, 2013.
Stein, Perry. Why Do Cats Rule the Internet? A Scientific Explanation. The New Republic. March 1, 2012.
Genzlinger, Neil (23 July 2010). "On Films and TV, Cats and Dogs Playing Cute". NYTimes.com.
Google Builds a Brain That Can Search For Cat Videos
Markoff, John. How Many Computers to Identify a Cat? 16,000. NYTimes.com. June 25, 2012.
Stevenson, Seth. Apocalypse Meow: A dispatch from the Walker Art Center's Internet Cat Video Festival. Slate Magazine. Aug. 31, 2012.
Ellin, Abby. Sorry, Fido, It's Just a Guy Thing -- More Men Are Unabashedly Embracing Their Love of Cats . NYTimes.com, October 3, 2008.