Joel Penney

Assistant Professor, School of Media and CommunicationMontclair State University

PennsylvaniaUnited States

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Profile Pictures, T-Shirts, and Visibility Campaigns

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Joel Penney Montclair State University

September 16, 2013
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Profile Pictures, T-Shirts, and Visibility Campaigns visual activism social media LGBTQ rights Curator's Note In March 2013, during the Supreme Court hearings leading to the overturn of Proposition 8 and DOMA, an estimated two to ten million Facebook ...
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'Restoring Honor,' Appropriating Images: The Conservative Movement’s Co-optation of Shepard Fairey’s Obama Portrait

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Joel Penney Montclair State University

November 04, 2010
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'Restoring Honor,' Appropriating Images: The Conservative Movement’s Co-optation of Shepard Fairey’s Obama Portrait visual communication politics marketing strategies consumer culture campaigns Curator's Note In the 2008 U.S. presidential e ...

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Re: Profile Pictures, T-Shirts, and Visibility Campaigns

Self-branding

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Joel Penney Montclair State University

Thursday, September 19, 2013 — 4:14 pm
Thanks for the thoughtful responses, guys! I would agree that the branding issue is definitely pertinent in the red equal sign example, as well as in social media-based activism more generally. I would argue for a distinction, however, between the brandin ...
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RE: Glenn Beck rally

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Joel Penney Montclair State University

Monday, November 8, 2010 — 7:46 pm
Thank you for the great questions about this piece. At the Glenn Beck rally, I observed a great amount of right-wing political advocacy. Anti-Obama T-shirts were also in abundance, as were a multitude of Tea Party shirts, "Don't Tread on Me" ...