Exploring the affects of memes, visual culture, vr/ar, digital culture, extremism, and online trends through a media literacy and activist lens
On Camera Appearances
Featured expert in Tyler Funk’s Anything for Fame (2023), a National Film Board of Canada film, that explores what it’s like to put being an influencer ahead of everything else, now streaming on Paramount+
Here’s why the viral Kamala Harris 'coconut tree' meme works for winning on the internet
Scripps News, Kadia Tubman, 25 July 2024
Featured expert in video and article
Biden gaat viral met memes (Biden goes viral with memes)
RTL Nieuws, 14 October 2022
Biden's opponents used "let's go Brandon" to ridicule the president. But now Biden is using that name for his superhero alter-ego: Dark Brandon. Will climate laws be signed or medicine costs reduced? That's the job of superhero Dark Brandon. And that pays off: whoever becomes a meme gets the attention.
NewsNation talks with digital culture researcher Jamie Cohen about social media’s role in Capitol Riot
WGN News Nation, 8 January 2021
Podcast Appearances
Post Pandemic
“Virtual and Augmented Reality”
Hosted by Courtney Carthy
Team Human
“The Commodity of Authenticity”
Hosted by Douglas Rushkoff
Providing Insights as a Substantive Source Backed by Research and Expertise
Inside the online army supercharging Kamala Harris’ campaign
Washington Post, Drew Harwell, Taylor Lorenz, Justine McDaniel and María Luisa Paúl, 25 July 2024
Teens are using 'aura points' to calculate coolness. The trend may reveal just how self-conscious they are.
Yahoo News, Cassie Morris, 16 July 2024
Why TikTok videos on the Israel-Hamas war have drawn billions of views
Washington Post, Taylor Lorenz - 10 October 2023
Well, Here’s What We Think of the Roman Empire
Harper’s Bazaar, Rosa Sanchez - 19 September 2023
Why are we so obsessed with lobotomies?
Dazed, Sophie Wilson - 12 September 2023
Vlog Like Nobody’s Watching
Digital Fairy - Digiverse, Kate Fowler - 21 July 2023
Fans Built Her an Internet Empire. Now They’re Tearing It Down
Rolling Stone, CT Jones - 21 June 2023
How Real People Are Caught Up In Reddit’s AI Porn Explosion
Forbes, Rashi Shrivastava - 11 May 2023
How frightening new AI Midjourney creates realistic fake images
New York Post, Alex Mitchell - 5 April 2023
Congress had a lot to say about TikTok. Much of it was wrong.
Washington Post, Taylor Lorenz - 28 March 2023
An AI-generated ‘Balenciaga pope’ fooled us all. How much does it matter?
Washington Post, Ashley Fetters Maloy and Anne Branigin - 27 March 2023
Fake scars & beauty conspiracies are the great algorithmic distraction
I-D Vice, Laura Pitcher - 17 March 2023
NATO welcomes the struggle of a human-looking dog
人間臭いイヌの奮闘、本家NATOも歓迎「参戦」の悲壮感さまざま
Asahi Shimbun, Kayoko Geji 下司佳代子 朝日新聞ワシントン特派員 - 5 February 2023
Reddit’s Delayed IPO May Mean CEO Steve Huffman Needs to Rethink Its Advertising Model
Observer, Rachyl Jones - 1 February 2023
Memes — they’re weird, yet amusing and adored
Hong Kong China Daily, Jenny Wang - 9 December 2022
Martin Scorsese fans dub ‘Goncharov’ the best mafia film (n)ever made
Washington Post, María Luisa Paúl - 29 November 2022
Twitter king Dril on Musk’s chaotic reign
Washington Post, Taylor Lorenz - 23 November 2022
MrBeast just became the biggest YouTuber in the world. His ascension marks the death of old YouTube and the rise of 'over-the-top' content
Insider, Charissa Cheong - 14 November 2022
Gen Z voter turnout will show just how influential influencers really are
Washington Post, Samantha Chery - 5 November 2022
2022, the year of rot
I-D Vice, Laura Pitcher - 12 September 2022
The shit-posting, Twitter-trolling, dog-deploying social media army taking on Putin one meme at a time
Politico EU, Mark Scott - 31 August 2022
How a photo of a woman yelling in a guy’s ear became a viral meme
Washington Post, María Luisa Paúl - 22 August 2022
Good doge: How the internet adopted the Shiba Inu and gave it a forever home
Grid News, Christian Thorsberg - 6 August 2022
Little Miss Viral Meme: The rise and fall of the latest ‘remix meme,’ from self-expression to radicalization
Grid News, Christian Thorsberg- 27 July 2022
When Raw Emotion Goes Viral
The New York Times Magazine, Reyhan Harmanci - 23 June 2022
Thanks to Machines, Humans are Trained to Change the Way We Speak
CBC Spark, Nora Young - 6 May 2022
How Stepan, Ukraine’s Most Famous Cat Escaped To Safety
Washington Post, Taylor Lorenz - 17 March 2022
Martin Scorsese fans dub ‘Goncharov’ the best mafia film (n)ever made
Washington Post, María Luisa Paúl - 29 November 2022
Twitter king Dril on Musk’s chaotic reign
Washington Post, Taylor Lorenz - 23 November 2022
MrBeast just became the biggest YouTuber in the world. His ascension marks the death of old YouTube and the rise of 'over-the-top' content
Insider, Charissa Cheong - 14 November 2022
Gen Z voter turnout will show just how influential influencers really are
Washington Post, Samantha Chery - 5 November 2022
The shit-posting, Twitter-trolling, dog-deploying social media army taking on Putin one meme at a time
Politico EU, Mark Scott - 31 August 2022
How a photo of a woman yelling in a guy’s ear became a viral meme
Washington Post, María Luisa Paúl - 22 August 2022
Good doge: How the internet adopted the Shiba Inu and gave it a forever home
Grid News, Christian Thorsberg - 6 August 2022
Little Miss Viral Meme: The rise and fall of the latest ‘remix meme,’ from self-expression to radicalization
Grid News, Christian Thorsberg- 27 July 2022
When Raw Emotion Goes Viral
The New York Times Magazine, Reyhan Harmanci - 23 June 2022
Thanks to Machines, Humans are Trained to Change the Way We Speak
CBC Spark, Nora Young - 6 May 2022
How Stepan, Ukraine’s Most Famous Cat Escaped To Safety
Washington Post, Taylor Lorenz - 17 March 2022
A man with a PhD in memes says they have the power to 'overwrite history'
Indy100 - 2 March 2022
Ukraine Is Shitposting Through the War. It’s Working.
Inside Hook - 4 March 2022
Simon Leviev and the women who accuse him of fraud have become memes online. Experts say it's our way of coping
Insider - 21 February 2022
Rep. Gosar anime video highlights ties to the online right
The Verge - 10 November 2021
Influencers are failing to break out in TV and movies. Can Charli D’Amelio and Addison Rae beat the curse?
Washington Post - 2 September 2021
The Sneaky Truth about Memes
Junior Scholastic - September 2021
‘Revenge Tactic:’ GameStop's Massive Stock Surge Isn't Only About Making Money
TIME, Peter Allen Clark - 28 January 2021
2020 in Memes #theyearthatsucked Report
PICTURESTART - December 2020
The Problematic Fakery Of Lil Miquela Explained—An Exploration Of Virtual Influencers and Realness
Forbes - 17 November 2020
'Mind Viruses': LI Professor Studies The World Of Political Memes
Patch NY - 27 February 2020
Latest Scandals Suggest it's Time to Build a Better YouTube
CBC Radio - 10 March 2019
Ten Wild Jobs That Didn't Exist Ten Years Ago
Vice - 18 October 2018
The YouTubers Who Teach Men How to Be Men
GQ - 17 April 2018
YouTube Tries to Solve its Conspiracy Problem with Wikipedia. Some Critics Cry Foul
KIII-TV - 14 March 2018
Tragedy, Conspiracy and the Problem With Trending Videos
USA Today - 24 February 2018
7 Days from Fringe to Mainstream: How a Conspiracy Theory Ricocheted Around the Web
USA Today - 24 February 2018
Well, It's the 10th Anniversary of "Oogachaka Baby" on YouTube
Vice, Beckett Mufson - 15 January 2016
Meet the Rules of the Internet
CNN - 15 February 2013