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The Morality Machine — Episode 5: Is Meme Literacy also Media Literacy?

Welcome to the Morality Machine, a podcast created by Elise Hachfeld and Daniel Evans for our Computing Ethics class.

In this episode, we explore how memes are created and understood through an examination of political memes. By breaking down popular memes about political figures, we highlight how memes are tools of persuasion and why memes demand a new form of media literacy.

(Mis)understanding Memes

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Jake the Dog
Bald JD Vance
It’s Joever
We’re Barack
Dark Brandon
Kamala is Brat
Charlie Kirk
Luigi Mangione
Obama/Marx
Donald Trump Mugshot

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The Morality Machine — Episode 5: Is Meme Literacy also Media Literacy?
In this episode, we explore how memes are created and understood through an examination of political memes. By breaking down popular memes about political figures, we highlight how memes are tools of persuasion and why memes demand a new form of media literacy.
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