TY  - BOOK
AU  - Donovan,Joan
AU  - Dreyfuss,Emily
AU  - Friedberg,Brian
TI  - Meme wars: the untold story of the online battles upending democracy in America 
SN  - 9781635578638
PY  - 2022///
CY  - New York
PB  - Bloomsbury Publishing
KW  - Memes
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - Online social networks
KW  - Social media
KW  - Right-wing extremists
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-406) and index
N2  - "Meme Wars is the first major account of how "Stop the Steal" went from online to real life, from the wires to the weeds. Leading media expert Joan Donovan, PhD, veteran tech journalist Emily Dreyfuss, and cultural ethnographer Brian Friedberg pull back the curtain on the digital war rooms in which a vast collection of antiestablishmentarians bond over hatred of liberal government and media. Together as a motley reactionary army, they use memes and social media to seek out new recruits, spread ideologies, and remake America according to their desires. A political thriller with the substance of a rigorous history, Meme Wars is the astonishing story of how extremists are yanking our culture and politics to the right"--
ER  -