As campaign season heats up, political memes are being deployed to share opinions. They are today’s editorial cartoons.
Political Memes: The Rise of the Political Meme in Politics Today
Producers: Matt Spolar and Sianne Garlick
Editor: Heru Muharrar
Additional Editor: Cullen Golden
Archival Researcher: Emily Orr
Political memes are a way to broadcast opinions on social media channels, often with a dose of sly humor. They are, in the words of one expert, “the people’s editorial cartoons.” As election season heats up, they’re being weaponized by the left and the right to score political blows, sometimes below the belt.
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