The Meme-ification of Politics with Evan Ross Katz and Molly Jong-Fast
Next Question with Katie Couric
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4.4 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2024
⏱️ 53 minutes
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This episode of Next Question explores how internet culture, and platforms like TikTok, X, and Instagram have transformed voters’ perception of the candidates, and the way candidates interact with voters. Joining Katie is pop culture expert Evan Ross Katz and political analyst Molly Jong-Fast. Together, they’ll discuss how memes and online trends are shaping the 2024 election, if viral posts are swaying voters, and why traditional outlets (and their fact checking and gatekeepers) are increasingly left out of candidates’ schedules.
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| 0:26.1 | Hi everyone, I'm Kitty Currick and this is next question. |
| 0:36.4 | You know, I have been covering elections since Reagan and Carter back in 1980. |
| 0:42.3 | Yes, everyone, I am that old. And to say that the way a campaign is run, |
| 0:50.5 | the way a campaign is covered has changed dramatically. |
| 0:54.8 | Well that is a massive understatement. |
| 0:57.3 | Social media and internet culture |
| 0:59.6 | has been a driving force of Donald Trump's campaigns. let us not forget his late night tweeting, |
| 1:06.1 | and now Kamala with her massive digital team overseeing her Tik-Toc and Instagram account. |
| 1:11.8 | So I really wanted to have a conversation |
| 1:14.1 | to understand how the various platforms are informing voters |
| 1:18.4 | and what impact they'll have. |
| 1:20.4 | And there's no one better equipped |
| 1:22.4 | to help guide this conversation than |
| 1:24.7 | cultural commentator and internet aficionado, Evan Ross Katz. |
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