This story is adapted from Meme Wars: The Untold Story of the Online Battles Upending Democracy in America, by Joan Donovan, Emily Dreyfuss, and Brian Friedberg. Joan Donovan is the research director ...

Gulf of America memes hit social media after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced he intends to rename the Gulf of Mexico. It's unclear whether or not he will have the authority to do so once ...

Memes, like jokes, are often depicted as mostly harmless and incapable of exerting political influence. But recent elections have demonstrated organizers can easily leverage them to build political ...

On Oct. 12, 2021, a Facebook user posted a meme that purported to compare grocery store shelves as they appeared in "Trump's America" vs. "Biden's America." The meme was somewhat similar to another ...