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Meme Wars: How the Internet Changed Politics from Occupy to the Insurrection

Presented by GBH at GBH Brighton Studios, Boston MA

Nov 18 2022
Meme Wars: How the Internet Changed Politics from Occupy to the Insurrection

Join disinformation and media manipulation experts Dr. Joan Donovan and Brian Freidberg, from the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School

Memes have long been dismissed as inside jokes with no political importance. Nothing could be further from the truth. Memes are bedrock to the strategy of conspiracists such as Alex Jones, provocateurs like Milo Yiannopoulos, white nationalists like Nick Fuentes, and tacticians like Roger Stone. While the media and most politicians struggle to harness the organizing power of the internet, the “redpill right” weaponizes memes, pushing conspiracy theories and disinformation into the ... view more »

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