Internet culture articles
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How One YouTube Video Changed the Course of Internet Culture
Five years after "Dramageddon 2.0," also known as "Sistergeddon," the YouTube saga's effects are still felt online
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In Black Twitter: A People's History, A Platform Changes the Culture and a Culture Changes a Platform
From the death of Osama bin Laden (as announced by Dwayne Johnson) to the rise of Donald Trump, from #TheDress to the Oscars slap, it’s impossible to imagine the last twenty or so years of global cultural history without Twitter, the microblogging platform that no one has ever referred to as “X.” And over the past two decades, no subsection of the app’s vast user base has produced more enduring memes, more culture-shifting social-justice hashtags, and more pure comedy than the cohort known as...
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The New York Times Denounces Cancel Culture After Fueling Cancel Culture For Years
The New York Times Denounces Cancel Culture After Fueling Cancel Culture For Years Authored by Jonathan Turley, For those of us who have criticized the cancel culture in higher education for years, the attacks and shunning have been unrelenting. The media has played a role in that culture and none more prominently than the New York Times. Recently, however, the mob came for liberal professors and media who have remained silent for years as conservatives and others were targeted on...