The 2016 US presidential election was marked by the extensive role that social media played in the construction of the candidates as well as by the growth of a number of forms of digital political rhetoric, including memes. The subgenre of popular culture-based political memes that draw on well-known entertainment media, particularly those with large fandoms like the Star Wars and Harry Potter franchises, reveal inequities in gender representation in entertainment media that are replicated when these media become source material for memes. Memes based on popular culture that are designed to celebrate female candidates are disadvantaged by having a more limited popular culture lexicon than do memes featuring male candidates. This imbalance i...
Film and television, as forms of popular culture, have the ability to both reflect and shape attitud...
With more adults engaging in political activity on social media sites such as Facebook, one popular ...
The present thesis examines an internet meme, an image and a caption commenting on it, which appears...
The 2016 US presidential election was marked by the extensive role that social media played in the c...
An unprecedented number of memes emerged in response to the 2020 U.S. presidential elections. This a...
This paper examines the rhetorical strategies employed in the most popular political memes posted du...
In February 2016, the Washington Post characterized the presidential primaries as “the most-memed ...
The rising popularity of social media has affected the communication methods of political candidates...
Internet memes are a contemporary phenomenon situated at the nexus of language, society, and digital...
In the 2016 election, social media became an increasingly important site for building, transforming,...
Memes rose to mainstream prominence as tools for political influence during the 2016 presidential el...
Abstract – This paper analyses US political memes relating mainly to the Obama and Trump presidencie...
Using content analysis, this study examines how citizens may use memes to share grassroots political...
This special issue of the European Journal of American Studies examines the popularization of elec...
Following the 2017 UK general election, there was much debate about the so-called ‘youthquake’, or i...
Film and television, as forms of popular culture, have the ability to both reflect and shape attitud...
With more adults engaging in political activity on social media sites such as Facebook, one popular ...
The present thesis examines an internet meme, an image and a caption commenting on it, which appears...
The 2016 US presidential election was marked by the extensive role that social media played in the c...
An unprecedented number of memes emerged in response to the 2020 U.S. presidential elections. This a...
This paper examines the rhetorical strategies employed in the most popular political memes posted du...
In February 2016, the Washington Post characterized the presidential primaries as “the most-memed ...
The rising popularity of social media has affected the communication methods of political candidates...
Internet memes are a contemporary phenomenon situated at the nexus of language, society, and digital...
In the 2016 election, social media became an increasingly important site for building, transforming,...
Memes rose to mainstream prominence as tools for political influence during the 2016 presidential el...
Abstract – This paper analyses US political memes relating mainly to the Obama and Trump presidencie...
Using content analysis, this study examines how citizens may use memes to share grassroots political...
This special issue of the European Journal of American Studies examines the popularization of elec...
Following the 2017 UK general election, there was much debate about the so-called ‘youthquake’, or i...
Film and television, as forms of popular culture, have the ability to both reflect and shape attitud...
With more adults engaging in political activity on social media sites such as Facebook, one popular ...
The present thesis examines an internet meme, an image and a caption commenting on it, which appears...