Theses and Dissertations
Date of Award
5-2021
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Political Science
First Advisor
Dr. Daniel Chomsky
Second Advisor
Dr. Natasha Altema-McNeely
Third Advisor
Dr. Clyde Barrow
Abstract
What type of Internet memes were utilized by the Online-Right to show support to former-President Donald Trump and to delegitimize the 2020 Presidential Election? In this thesis, I argue that the Online-Right used Internet memes for two purposes. The first was to discredit and attack the election and former President Trump’s opponents. The second purpose is that the Online-Right created a cult of personality around Donald Trump with the usage of Internet memes. Most of the literature focuses on the type of groups that use Internet memes on the Internet. I focus on what type of Internet memes were used by the Online-Right while also making a connection between the Internet memes and Donald Trump’s rhetoric on Twitter. I archive both Donald Trump’s and the Online-Right tweets to be able to answer these questions and find a link to their relationship.
Recommended Citation
Lopez, Luis Roberto Jr., "The Backlash of the Online-Right during and after the 2020 United States Presidential Election" (2021). Theses and Dissertations. 702.
https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/etd/702
Comments
Copyright 2021 Luis R. Lopez Jr. All Rights Reserved.
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