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The Role Of Popular Media In 2016 Us Presidential Election Memes, Kyra Osten Hunting
The Role Of Popular Media In 2016 Us Presidential Election Memes, Kyra Osten Hunting
Journalism and Media Faculty Publications
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 …
All In The (Prison) Family: Genre Mixing And Queer Representation, Kyra Hunting
All In The (Prison) Family: Genre Mixing And Queer Representation, Kyra Hunting
Journalism and Media Faculty Publications
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