Journal article
Obama as Anti-American: Visual Folklore in Right-Wing Forwarded E-mails and Construction of Conservative Social Identity
The Journal of American folklore, Vol.125(496), pp.177-203
03/01/2012
DOI: 10.1353/jaf.2012.0018
Abstract
This paper investigates the group-building potential of forwarded e-mails through a visual analysis of negative images about President Barack Obama. We argue that these e-mails are a form of political digital folklore that may contribute to constructing participants' individual and group identities. Images amplify the impact and believability of the messages, especially when linked to familiar cultural references and experiences and may lead to increased political polarization and hostility.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Obama as Anti-American: Visual Folklore in Right-Wing Forwarded E-mails and Construction of Conservative Social Identity
- Creators
- Margaret Duffy - Missouri Sch Journalism, Columbia, MO USAJanis Teruggi Page - Florida Inst Technol, Melbourne, FL USARachel Young - Missouri Sch Journalism, Columbia, MO USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of American folklore, Vol.125(496), pp.177-203
- DOI
- 10.1353/jaf.2012.0018
- ISSN
- 0021-8715
- eISSN
- 1535-1882
- Publisher
- Amer Folklore Soc
- Number of pages
- 27
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/2012
- Academic Unit
- Injury Prevention Research Center; School of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Record Identifier
- 9984307552902771
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