Carpe Donktum, the pseudonym for a citizen who makes memes to support Donald Trump, guests to discuss his work. We talk about some of the memes that the President has retweeted on Twitter, as well as differences in meme making cultures across Reddit, 4chan, and 8chan. We also dive into the the media response to these memes, and Carpe Donktum's thoughts on deepfakes and manipulated videos.
Carpe Donktum, the pseudonym for a citizen who makes memes to support Donald Trump, guests to discuss his work. We talk about some of the memes that the President has retweeted on Twitter, as well as differences in meme making cultures across Reddit, 4chan, and 8chan.
Here are the memes discussed in the episode:
NPC Infowars Winner
State of the Union
Biden Meme
Acosta Meme
And, a link to my paper on political campaigns' use of computer games!