From Pepe the Frog to #10yearschallenge: Why Politicians Have Turned to Memes
... for showing indulgence towards the public and being old-fashioned when she tried to speak on the same level as young internet users by using memes and trending hashtags. Pavel Koshkin: Make Facts Great Again: Is it Possible to Withstand Fake News? Memes are not only used to win over voters or troll political opponents, however. In the era of social networks, the very structure of human interaction has changed, and so too has interaction within the framework of international communication. Taking Donald Trump as an example once again: the president announced the sanctions against Iran by using a meme from the popular TV show Game of Thrones : “Sanctions are coming”; a similar tweet stating “The Wall is Coming” signalled his intention ...