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COVID-19 Credibility Memes
LaKesha N. Anderson / Johns Hopkins University

May 5, 2020 LaKesha N. Anderson / Johns Hopkins University

Meme featuring an “Anti-COVID-19 Smoothie” On April 24, 2020, social media responded to a comment made by US President Donald Trump during a press conference to address the COVID-19 pandemic. In that press conference, the president suggested that injecting disinfectants might be a potential cure for the illness. The White House issued transcript quotes the President as saying, “And then […]

Power-Knowledge in a ‘Post-Truth’ World
Roopali Mukherjee / CUNY, Queens College

March 27, 2017 Roopali Mukherjee / Queens College One comment

Rooplai Mukherjee explores how post-truth/post-fact political scripts are contested by empirical and racial counter-knowledges of the marginalized public spheres that they simultaneously attempt to silence.

Biden Memes and “Pussy Grabs Back”: Gendered Anger After the Election
Hollis Griffin / Denison University

December 19, 2016 Hollis Griffin / Denison University One comment

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.

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.

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.

COVID-19 Credibility MemesLaKesha N. Anderson / Johns Hopkins University

Power-Knowledge in a ‘Post-Truth’ World Roopali Mukherjee / CUNY, Queens College

Biden Memes and “Pussy Grabs Back”: Gendered Anger After the Election Hollis Griffin / Denison University

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

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

COVID-19 Credibility Memes
LaKesha N. Anderson / Johns Hopkins University

Power-Knowledge in a ‘Post-Truth’ World
Roopali Mukherjee / CUNY, Queens College

Biden Memes and “Pussy Grabs Back”: Gendered Anger After the Election
Hollis Griffin / Denison University

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

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