ERIC Number: EJ1368252
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Publication Date: 2022-Dec
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Can We Bridge the Divide? Right-Wing Memes as Political Education
Keehn, Gabriel
Educational Theory, v72 n6 p745-761 Dec 2022
Many on the contemporary Left assume that the Right has irrevocably taken control of cyberspace. Many believe that the terrain of online memetic discourse, from 4chan to Russian interference in the 2016 election via social media, is now the domain of trolls, fascists, and neo-Nazis. In this article, Gabriel Keehn argues against that assumption, tracing the ways in which the Right won the meme war and arguing for the educative and liberatory potential of a left counteroffensive in this still contested space.
Descriptors: Political Affiliation, Political Attitudes, Political Issues, Social Media, Internet, Visual Aids, Sharing Behavior, Computer Mediated Communication, Political Influences, Political Socialization, Discourse Communities
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Language: English
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