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 ...

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.

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 ...

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?

The decision is a win for Douglass Mackey, a self-proclaimed "troll" who used his Twitter handle to spread false information ...

Memes and meme creators have built an entire universe of characters and tropes online, so much so that one can plug those into the political compass to categorize (or, meme) memes themselves.

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

Politics / The online jokes are not just about having fun. They represent a newfound political energy within the Democratic Party. Ginny Hogan For a brief, magical time in July, the Internet was ...

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

"I'll tell you: We're banning political memes and giving people up to a year in jail for failing to attach a disclosure to a cartoon. Democrats, of course, are rallying around this bill. What a joke." ...

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?