A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Hollis Griffin discusses the popularity of Biden memes, their relation to gendered political discourse, and suggests memes like “Pussy Grabs Back” will persist instead while providing political motivation without similar gender trappings.
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.
Christopher M. Cox argues for a media industries framework to better understand the production, dissemination, and consumption of fake news.
Carol Vernallis investigates the state of campaign music in the 2016 Presidential election, asking why is there so little musically or audiovisually rich content this cycle?
