Internet Culture
Vox’s coverage of the latest memes, social media controversies, YouTube drama, and more.
How “the Vine cut” reflects our own mortality (yes, really).
You’re Wrong About’s Sarah Marshall explains why debunking #SaveTheChildren and human trafficking statistics is so difficult.
Crunchyroll or Funimation? Acorn TV or BritBox? The Criterion Channel or Mubi? Go beyond Netflix and Hulu with our guide to niche streaming platforms.
During a pandemic that’s made in-person campaigning a public health hazard, influencers aren’t just fun. They’re a campaign necessity.
Custom home screens are pointless, and also very fun.
One pastor said he’s embraced a “TED Talk style” for his sermons because he knows that watching online can test people’s focus.
Plus, a TikTok meme power ranking.
A movie critiquing the sexualization of young girls is accused of doing the thing it criticizes. Here’s how the controversy started — and why it matters.
Plus, nobody should have to do PE over Zoom.
Plus, the content houses are becoming self-aware
The virtual DNC shortchanged the energy of political fandom — when it needs it more than ever.
Is cancel culture a mob mentality, or a long overdue way of speaking truth to power?
Brittany Broski discusses becoming a meme, one year later.
Plus, the digital blackface problem we’re finally talking about.
Breonna Taylor’s name was a call to action. Then it became a meme.
Meet Instagram Reels, the 15-second video platform that looks exactly like that other 15-second video platform.
Meet the aesthetic where quarantine is romantic instead of terrifying.
Fans love to speculate about Taylor Swift’s queerness. Folklore only bolsters their theories.
Plus, TikTok is still on death watch!
How well Comic-Con At Home worked depends on what you go to Comic-Con for.
Twitch is an unlikely forum for diverse storytelling. But Dante Basco is having a blast there.
To cybersecurity experts, the issue isn’t so black and white.
“Karen” is no longer content to speak to the manager. Now she’s calling the cops on her Black neighbors.
Plus, cursed Lin-Manuel Miranda selfies!
Is this the future of influencer marketing?
Watching the Titanic sink in real time is the only thing to soothe my frazzled nerves.
Plus, Chinese street style fancams!
Plus, the uncanny world of “boyfriend TikTok.”
QAnon started on an obscure internet forum. Now its supporters are running for Congress.
And four other ways people are using social media to support nationwide protests.
The Harry Potter book series helped me realize I’m nonbinary. Now I know that had nothing to do with J.K. Rowling.
“It’s essentially a joke that people wrapped a bunch of different stuff in.”
Performative social media is just a step toward lasting, impactful change. Here’s how to start.
Twitter’s new reply moderation tool could be a game changer for victims of harassment.
From Normal People to TikTok, the internet is obsessed with men wearing thin chains.
A taxonomy of the pandemic’s greatest meme hits.
Millennials and Gen Z are revisiting indie pop, grunge fashion, and the 2014 Tumblr aesthetic
Imgflip’s neural-network meme generator is going viral for its eerie, hilarious coronavirus memes.
Meet three people whose tweets about surviving Covid-19 briefly made them internet famous.