Banana Populism: Exploring the Emotionally Engaging, Authentic, and Memeable Rhetoric of Populist Visual Communication
This study conceptualizes “banana populism,” a novel analytical framework to examine how whimsical imagery functions in in contemporary populism. Banana populism utilizes the ordinary—exemplified by the banana—for its ubiquity, inherent humor, and absurdity, transforming these elements into powerful...
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Main Authors: | Zea Szebeni, Ilana Hartikainen, Sophie Schmalenberger, Michael Cole |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2025-01-01
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Series: | Social Media + Society |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051251313847 |
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