Volume 23 – Page 4

The Authenticity of Trump, Emotional Democracy, and the Red Pill
Víctor Navarro-Remesal and Ignacio Bergillos / Centre d’Ensenyament Superior Alberta Giménez

December 19, 2016 Victor Navarro-Remesal and Ignacio Bergillos/ Centre d’Ensenyament Superior Alberta Giménez Leave a comment

Víctor Navarro-Remesal and Ignacio Bergillos discuss the relation between post-fact politics and “redpillers,” a loosely organized online community of users espousing an awakening to a conspiracy of injustices brought on by “social justice warriors”, radical feminism, and political correctness.

Informational Infidelity: What Happens When the “Real” News is Considered “Fake” News, Too?
Melissa Zimdars / Merrimack College

December 19, 2016 Melissa Zimdars / Merrimack University 2 comments

Melissa Zimdars examines the public’s distrust of mainstream news reporting, and argues their coverage in fact contributes to this distrust through “information infidelity” – the process of inaccurately or imprecisely copying, reproducing, and/or relaying information that may already be based on questionable or unreliable sources.

Laughter in the Age of Trump
Maggie Hennefeld / University of Minnesota

December 18, 2016 Maggie Hennefeld / University of Minnesota 3 comments

Maggie Hennefeld explores the use of humor in the contemporary political landscape, and suggests we need to find a way to employ satire to repoliticize civic discourse in American society.

Of Bhakts, Deplorables and More: Posthuman Communities Performing Political Partisanship in the Age of Social Media
Sushant Kishore / BITS Pilani

December 18, 2016 Sushant Kishore / BITS Pilani Leave a comment

Sushant Kishore explores digital media, the performance of communitas and political partisanship, and posthuman social media communities through a comparative discussion of India’s 2014 General Election and the U.S. 2016 Presidential Election.

Shake My Turban: Alter Egos and Altering Perceptions in Trump’s America
Suzanne Enzerink / Brown University

December 18, 2016 Suzanne Enzerink / Brown University Leave a comment

Suzanne Enzerink looks at Sikhtoons and other popular culture challenges to Muslim and Muslim-perceived stereotypes.

It’s the Political Economy Stupid: The Case for Media Industries Studies in an Era of Fake News
Christopher M. Cox / Georgia State University

December 18, 2016 Christopher M. Cox / Georgia State University One comment

Christopher M. Cox argues for a media industries framework to better understand the production, dissemination, and consumption of fake news.

The Scourge of Fake News
Richard Van Heertum / New York Film Academy

December 18, 2016 Richard Van Heertum / New York Film Academy 3 comments

Richard Van Heertum considers the applicability of Marshall McLuhan’s global village, Guy Debord’s society of the spectacle, and Jean Baudrillard’s simulacra/simulacrum to the 2016 American presidential election.

Veteran Activism Against Donald Trump
Ben Schrader / Colorado State University

December 17, 2016 Ben Schrader / Colorado State University Leave a comment

With first-hand experience, Ben Schrader discusses the often underexplored narratives circulating about military veterans, and how some have used the media to offer a counter message.

“Blim and Chill”: Telenovelas and Class Ideologies in the Online Streaming Wars
Juan Llamas-Rodriguez / University of California, Santa Barbara

November 28, 2016 Juan Llamas-Rodriguez / University of Texas at Dallas Leave a comment

Juan Llamas-Rodriguez considers the re-branding campaigns, and accompanying quality and class discourses, that Netflix launched in response to losing its streaming licenses for Televisa’s telenovelas after the Mexican broadcasting giant created its own streaming service, Blim.

“Warriors, Come Out to Play”: Considering the Role of Films in Moral Panics about Cinema Violence
Caetlin Benson-Allott / Georgetown University

November 28, 2016 Caetlin Benson-Allott / Georgetown University 7 comments

In this column, Caetlin Benson-Allott argues that the moral panic following the 1979 release of The Warriors was the result of latent, coded racism on the part of both the media and the public.

There Has Been Blood: Horror-Comic Masculinity in The Walking Dead
David Greven / University of South Carolina

November 22, 2016 David Greven // University of South Carolina Leave a comment

David Greven explores the masculine and queer representations of the seventh season of AMC’s The Walking Dead in relation to 90s teen comedies, the Judd Apatow school of Beta Males, and alt-right white nationalism.

Monetizing the Maze: How the Internet Covers Westworld
Myles McNutt / Old Dominion University

November 22, 2016 Myles McNutt / Old Dominion University One comment

Using the new HBO series Westworld, Myles McNutt discusses the shifts in television and media coverage that feeds theory-driven conversations and enables a set of forensic fan practices.

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