Digital Humour and Oppositional Social Movements During the Trump Presidency

Rifka Sibarani, Stephen Miller

2017

Abstract

Internet memes and hashtags have become integral to contemporary politics, having grown from relatively peripheral entertainment to often playing significant roles in the success or failure of a political movement. When a hashtag or meme goes viral, for example with #OccupyWallStreet; #BlackLivesMatter; and #EqualMarriage, it marks significant in-roads for a campaign and sends a warning to opponents. Many memes and hashtags have emerged in the early stage of Donald Trump’s presidency in the USA. Even though it is less than eight months old at this time of writing, his presidency has been highly controversial, and has drawn significant opposition from across the political spectrum. This paper discusses the role of satirical memes and hashtags in anti-racist campaigns opposing Trump’s policies in three areas: his policies on Muslim immigration, Mexican immigration, and the controversy around the removal of statues and monuments celebrating leaders of the pro-Slavery confederate states in the United States Civil War of 1861-65.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Sibarani R. and Miller S. (2017). Digital Humour and Oppositional Social Movements During the Trump Presidency.In 4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCES - Volume 1: IcoSaPS, ISBN 978-989-758-313-1, pages 1-1. DOI: 10.5220/0007034600010001

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icosaps17,
author={Rifka Sibarani and Stephen Miller},
title={Digital Humour and Oppositional Social Movements During the Trump Presidency},
booktitle={4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCES - Volume 1: IcoSaPS,},
year={2017},
pages={1-1},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007034600010001},
isbn={978-989-758-313-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - 4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCES - Volume 1: IcoSaPS,
TI - Digital Humour and Oppositional Social Movements During the Trump Presidency
SN - 978-989-758-313-1
AU - Sibarani R.
AU - Miller S.
PY - 2017
SP - 1
EP - 1
DO - 10.5220/0007034600010001