The “Pepper-Spraying Cop” Icon and Its Internet Memes: Social Justice and Public Shaming Through Rhetorical Transformation in Digital Culture
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DOI: 10.1080/15551393.2018.1456929
Abstract: Within hours of its publication online, the “pepper-spraying cop” image from the Occupy Wall Street movement at the University of California–Davis became an Internet meme. The outraged public manipulated key signifiers of the famous picture,… read more here.
Keywords: pepper spraying; public shaming; spraying cop; social justice ... See more keywords