The Flat Earth conspiracy theory rejects the well-established fact that the Earth is round.
Liz Sommer is a recent graduate of Pitzer College, where she majored in media studies. As she’s somewhere between the end of adolescence and the beginning of full-on-adulthood, she’s working to bridge the gap between tweens, teens, teachers, parents, and grandparents when it comes to digital media and pop culture. She currently lives in Los Angeles. Contact her at [email protected]
The Flat Earth conspiracy theory rejects the well-established fact that the Earth is round.
Wii Matt Mii memes treat a pre-set Wii sports character as an all-powerful god.
Tekashi 6x9ine’s recent guilty plea has inspired a number of memes.
A meme format references the Hasbro children’s board game “Guess Who?”
A conspiracy theory claims that birds aren’t real: that they’re really government controlled spy drone robots.
Deepfakes refer to digitally altered videos that make it look like someone is doing or saying something that they did not actually do.
The Twitter accounts for Moon Pie and SunnyD interacted in an amusingly heartwarming viral Twitter thread.
The 2019 Super Bowl featured a game against the Los Angeles Rams and the New England Patriots, and dozens of popular memes about the game, commercials, halftime performance, and more.
Many fans responded to a short Super Bowl Halftime ShowSpongeBob tribute by making memes about it.
This year’s Super Bowl halftime show included a tribute to SpongeBob SquarePants.
People are comparing pictures of them 17 years ago and now in what is known as the 17 Year Challenge or #17YearChallenge.
Technology that allows for the widespread creation of fabricated videos of people has some comic applications as well as significant risks.