NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Harvard disinformation expert Joan Donovan about memes and how they've come to play, at times, a dangerous role in today's divisive political climate.

Recent Finnish elections saw gains for the Left Alliance — and losses for the right-wing populist Finns Party. Leftist meme ...

With the political spectrum the way it is right now, it can be hard to figure out where you stand. But political compass memes can help.

Campaigns can use them to fundraise, gain more followers and, yes, go viral. And while memeing (ph) doesn't magically get young people engaged, Organizer Memes says it does send an important message.

Politics today is performance, and memes are its loudest cheerleaders—spreading fast, shaping beliefs, and signaling identity. Are we debating, or just rooting for our team?

Douglass Mackey, the social media influencer who was sentenced to prison for posting an anti-Hillary Clinton meme, had his ...

How memes became a problematic influence on American politics Emily Dreyfuss, co-author of the new book “Meme Wars: The Untold Story of the Online Battles Upending Democracy in America ...

More than once, memes that are mostly or completely detached from actual events have spilled off the internet into the three-dimensional reality of the presidential campaign itself.

While many pundits criticized him for the comment, the reference served an important purpose: He was telling the meme makers to continue their pro bono political work.

One Texas Republican said the legislation could give "people up to a year in jail for failing to attach a disclosure to a cartoon." ...

Like political ads, memes about candidates and campaigns have “minimal” impact in shaping voter engagement, according to some Stanford professors.