The Digital Void Podcast

Freelance culture writer Moises Mendez II discusses the path he took to become a journalist, controversies surrounding queerbaiting in mainstream culture, the importance of TikTok Star Tally Dilbert's influence on young Afro-Latinos, and the connection between Gabby Petito and Couch Guy. Plus, Mendez reveals his favorite meme of all-time.Mendez will be a speaker at Digital Void's Meme in the Moment Festival: Make it Spoopy. Live from Caveat NYC on Wednesday, October 27, at 7:00 PM ET.🎟 Tickets and livestream now available: https://www.caveat.nyc/event/digital-void-the-meme-in-the-moment-festival-make-it-spoopy-10-27-2021Follow Moises Mendez II:🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/MoisesFenty📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moisesfenty Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2017 College Jeopardy winner, author of How to Survive a Public Faming: “Understanding “The Spiciest Memelord” via the Temporal Dynamics of Involuntary Celebrification and graduate student at MIT Lilly Chin shares the story of how she became "The Spiciest Memelord", the structural issues and lack of institutional support associated with overnight fame, and strategies to properly respond to online harassment and trolls.Follow Digital VoidTwitter: https://twitter.com/digivoidmediaYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKWoac3SIfsUg6Xl0X1GS8AFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/digivoidmediaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/digitalvoid.media/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/34894594Use #DigitalVoid #DigitalVoidPodcast to join the conversation-----CreditsHosted by Josh Chapdelaine and Dr. Jamie CohenAudio edited and mixed by Josh Chapdelaine-----Digital Void Podcast is a production of Digital Void Media.Contact Digital Void:Email: digivoidmedia@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Founder of the Meme Studies Research Network (MSRN) and doctoral researcher in sociology Idil Galip explains how she started an international and interdisciplinary research network for scholars who study memes to collaborate and organize. Further, she explains how Turkey’s Gezi Park Protests inspired her memetic research, explores how memes are generation artifacts, and the dangers of assuming people engage with memes in good faith. Follow Digital VoidTwitter: https://twitter.com/digivoidmediaYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKWoac3SIfsUg6Xl0X1GS8AFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/digivoidmediaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/digitalvoid.media/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/34894594Use #DigitalVoid #DigitalVoidPodcast to join the conversation-----CreditsHosted by Josh Chapdelaine and Dr. Jamie CohenAudio edited and mixed by Josh Chapdelaine-----Digital Void Podcast is a production of Digital Void Media.Contact Digital Void:Email: digivoidmedia@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Author of TikTok Boom and journalist Chris Stokel-Walker explores the strategy behind TikTok’s explosive rise in the west, the differences between Silicon Valley and Chinese technology, and how the features of TikTok are designed to mirror people’s performances back onto themselves, allowing them to feel like they are part of a community.Follow Digital VoidTwitter: https://twitter.com/digivoidmediaYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKWoac3SIfsUg6Xl0X1GS8AFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/digivoidmediaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/digitalvoid.media/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/34894594Use #DigitalVoid #DigitalVoidPodcast to join the conversation-----CreditsHosted by Josh Chapdelaine and Dr. Jamie CohenAudio edited and mixed by Josh Chapdelaine-----Digital Void Podcast is a production of Digital Void Media.Contact Digital Void:Email: digivoidmedia@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Writer for Uprising: A Guide from Portland and Bellingcat and a researcher for Behind the Bastards and Worst Year Ever, Garrison Davis explains the evolution of “White Boy Summer” from Chet Hanks music video to white supremacist meme. Davis shares the story of how “White Boy Summer” was discussed amongst 4Chan message board users and far-right Telegram channels and, ultimately, how the meme ended up becoming commodified. Further, Davis explains how the vaporwave aesthetic is used by fascists and the most common aesthetics of far-right memes. As far-right groups attempt to incite violence and organize in-person rallies, Davis discusses how the likeness of mainstream figures like Tucker Carlson and Mark McCloskey are used by far-right groups to help radicalize people. What can people do to stay vigilant of extremism, and why should we listen to experts?You can read Robert Evans’ and Davis’ White Boy Summer, Nazi Memes, and the Mainstreaming of White Supremacist Violence on Bellingcat.Follow Garrison Davis:Twitter | YouTubeResources mentioned on this episode:Ali Breland - Twitter Finally Bans Nick FuentesChet Hanks - White Boy SummerDigital Void Podcast: Grafton Tanner “The Circle of the Snake”Grafton Tanner - Babbling CorpseFollow Digital VoidTwitter: https://twitter.com/digivoidmediaYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKWoac3SIfsUg6Xl0X1GS8AFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/digivoidmediaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/digitalvoid.media/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/34894594Use #DigitalVoid #DigitalVoidPodcast to join the conversation-----CreditsHosted by Josh Chapdelaine and Dr. Jamie CohenAudio edited and mixed by Josh Chapdelaine-----Digital Void Podcast is a production of Digital Void Media.Contact Digital Void:Email: digivoidmedia@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PhD Candidate in Cultural Analysis & Theory, artist, educator, and founder of Vital Thought, Emily Gillcrist, shows us how the 2008 recession led to universities devaluing the humanities — and how Vital Thought is working to make the critical humanities accessible to everyone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host of the Tech Won't Save Us Podcast and writer Paris Marx joins us to critically examine Silicon Valley’s approach to the gig economy and labor, what California’s Prop 22 could mean for the future of work, the outsourced, exploited, and hidden labor behind new robots and surveillance technologies, and approaches to worker solidarity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feels Good Man filmmakers Arthur Jones and Giorgio Angelini discuss how they told the story of Pepe The Frog from Boys Club to misappropriation by the far-right after the 2016 election, what it meant for Pepe the Frog to enter the U.S. Capitol building, and why we need to broaden the scope of our conversations around NFTs and digital art. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Syverson, author of Reality Squared: On Reality TV and Left Politics, explores how reality television shapes our social and political lives, and explains how we can confront today’s postmodern condition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jamie and Josh explore Tucker Carlson's targeted harassment campaign against Taylor Lorenz and his cycle of creating mainstream boogeymen, a brief history of digital culture journalism and why it's essential, and leveling power so we can all negotiate meaning, together. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.