Online memes on anti-American propaganda and the overlooked “silent majority” in support of authoritarian populism in Putin's Russia

V Kananovich - New Media & Society, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Although memes are considered disruptive to elite control over political discourse, their
viability for contestation in authoritarian settings remains uncertain. The present study …

Lenin, Putin, and Rage Guy: Internet memes in the discourse of a Russian far-right community

P Oskolkov, S Lissitsa, E Lewin - Journal of Information Technology …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The article addresses Internet memes' usage in Russian far-right discourse, seeking to
evaluate how it corresponds with the basic roles of memes in political communication and …

Postmodern Personality Cults: A Comparative Analysis of Visual Leader Representations in Russia and the US

AM Sundahl - 2023 - openaccess.wgtn.ac.nz
This study examines the nature of personality cults in a postmodern context where the
internet, smartphones and social media have changed communication methods and the …

Artists at War

S Anghel, A Zbuchea - Europolity: Continuity & Change Eur …, 2023 - HeinOnline
At least since Antiquity, art and war have interfered. The most common aspect to consider is
the propaganda associated with it. At the same time, artists took a stand for/against certain …