Joel Penney, PhD

@professorpenney

Associate Prof @ Montclair State U New research study on pop culture journalism and political issues interviewing audiences: click link in bio for more info

Montclair, NJ
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Joined January 2012
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  1. Retweeted
    24 Nov 2020

    We're one week away from our issue (our last issue of 2020, can you believe it?!) Featuring new research on memes + humor, , Netflix's , , & much more! Click to preview:

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  2. 18 May 2020

    Quoted in a great piece today on social media shaming, stay-at-home orders and wearing masks: “It’s clear that this issue has become very ideological... this kind of conflict that we’re seeing between personal freedom and social responsibility"

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  3. 5 Mar 2020

    Quoted today on the Bloomberg campaign: “It was a real test case that you can throw unlimited money at political advertising to get votes and it seems to have shown that’s not a winning strategy... Biden won in races and states where they spent zero.”

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    14 Dec 2019

    Social media users should ask questions about the source of the content they’re viewing, ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩ told ⁦⁦’s ⁦⁦⁩. “Where did it come from, who filmed it, what did they cut out.”

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  5. 7 Nov 2019

    New research study is now out!

    NEW on ! "‘It’s So Hard Not to be Funny in This Situation’: Memes and Humor in U.S. Youth Online Political Expression" by Joel Penney ()
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  6. 1 Nov 2019

    My new research study is finally out (and free online!) in Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. ‘It’s my duty to be like “this is wrong”’: Youth political social media practices in the Trump era

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  7. 21 Oct 2019

    "Transforming politics into a post-truth contest of tribal identity is an explicit goal of modern propaganda"

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  8. 27 Sep 2019

    I'm quoted in a great new piece from Courthouse News Service about candidate merchandising and fandom in : "These people follow politics, they know who the candidate is that they like... They basically want to be an evangelist.”

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  9. 13 Sep 2019

    Here's me in Bloomberg News talking about memes as amateur political ads the 2020 election: “Memes get votes. It’s not a one-to-one correlation, but it’s absolutely what’s shaping meaning and perceptions.”

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  10. 3 Jul 2019

    Great moments in political T-shirt history

    In a link to my research on LGBT activism and t-shirts, in 1987, Matlovich attempted to fight airline policies that forbade people with HIV to fly & tried to board a Northwest Airlines flight wearing a t-shirt that read "I'm a Human with AIDS." The denial led to a airline boycott
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  11. 29 Jun 2019

    Campaign T-shirts are officially back... Kamala Harris debate: Harris campaign now selling "That Little Girl Was Me" T-shirts following viral exchange with Joe Biden - CBS News

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    26 Jun 2019

    🚨 I wrote a piece for drawing on my research abt journalists' use of Twitter to understand & represent public opinion - especially during media events like debates

    Watching the Democratic debate tonight — with Twitter on the little screen? Keep this in mind.
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    14 Jun 2019

    On behalf of the award committee of & I want to congratulate on earning the best book award for her important book Censored: Distraction and Diversion inside China's Great Firewall. Congratulations!

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  14. 28 May 2019

    Just wrapped a great - fantastic papers all around! Happy to share research I presented on youth political meme humor with any interested parties

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    26 May 2019

    Congratulations to Professor on winning the B. Aubrey Fisher Mentorship Award! As her many adoring advisees will attest, she is most deserving! Brava, Barbie!!

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  16. 24 May 2019

    A doctored video of Nancy Pelosi shows social media giants ill-prepared for 2020 - Los Angeles Times

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    13 May 2019

    French media is polarizing. Just not the way we thought. New piece on research I've conducted with friends at on how French media may be losing the voices of ordinary citizens:

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    8 May 2019

    This piece offers a great summary of research exploring how social media may be amplifying the voices of a loud, hyper-partisan minority -- including some of my own work with on this subject

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    29 Mar 2019

    Tech companies perform best, behave responsibly, when public expectations are clear & consistent. Getting all ads, in real time, globally, into public archives is next step for strengthening democracy. My NYTimes OpEd:

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  20. 27 Mar 2019

    “Facebook bans white nationalism from platform after pressure from civil rights groups” - and after conversations with academics 👍

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