Presidential campaigns utilize a variety of tactics to get their message across to voters. Scrolling through social media, you’ve likely come across Vice President Kamala Harris's 'coconut tree' video ...

Source: “The Temptation of Christ” (Public Domain, Artist Unknown), meme created by Megha Arora . Politics often seems like cheerleading. The metaphor is apt, for cheerleading is about signaling and ...

An exclusive new poll finds more than half of Americans have shared a political meme in the last three months. Sometimes people just think they’re funny. Regardless of which side of the political ...

AI tools reveal how images have been manipulated. William Theisen et al. Imagine a country with deep political divisions, where different groups don’t trust each other and violence seems likely. Now, ...

Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from ...

Some people might need more than one axis on which to plot their political support, as politics comes down to more than just “right” and “left.” That’s where the political compass comes in. Those ...

RETRO REPORT: Online memes are influencing politics, sometimes fueling misinformation and shaping what young people learn. Political memes have become a driving force in American public life. In this ...

The Texas House of Representatives has passed a bill aimed at criminalizing political memes. The bill, HB 366, would imprison offenders for a minimum of one year if the meme does not have a government ...