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Jamie Cohen

Why Journalists Should Take a Break from Talking to Robots

We need a moratorium on talking to Chatbots until they stop turning banal tech into spectacle and fear mongering

5 min readFeb 21, 2023

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Why Journalists Should Take a Break from Talking to Robots

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Jamie Cohen

The Shelf Life of Viral Videos Has Expired

Netflix’s ‘The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker’ lacks energy because we’ve grown tired of novelty internet stories

4 min readJan 20, 2023

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The Shelf Life of Viral Videos Has Expired

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Jamie Cohen

Why Trump’s Dinner with Nick Fuentes Requires a New Journalistic Approach

The dinner shouldn’t have happened. The lack of condemnation is worse. The way journalists will cover it is the biggest problem.

5 min readNov 28, 2022

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A screen grab from Ye’s 2024 presidential announcement video featuring racist antisemite Nick Fuentes on a bullhorn. The caption reads #YE24 and posted from Kanye’s Twitter account.

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Jamie Cohen

Reflecting on a Year of Medium Writing — What I’ve Learned

This essay marks the end of my year writing as a partner for Medium, it was a real pleasure to test new writing styles

6 min readOct 31, 2022

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A blurry artistic photo looking northward on third avenue in new york city. The lights from the cars are squiggly and moving as the image was taken at night.

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Jamie Cohen

Mitch Horowitz has Some Advice to Rebel Against the System — and It May Not Be What You Think

In a time when sarcasm and humiliation are standard, there are ways to resist

3 min readOct 28, 2022

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Mitch Horowitz has Some Advice to Rebel Against the System — and It May Not Be What You Think

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Jamie Cohen

Why Internet Culture Reporters are Bogeymen to Rightwing Internet

In defense of critical internet journalism and research

7 min readOct 24, 2022

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A screengrab from Tucker Carlson’s evening cable show. In the inset is a photo of Washington Post Journalist Taylor Lorenz. The screengrab is one of the many times Tucker has singled out Lorenz

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Jamie Cohen

Memeing the Unmemeable President: Dark Brandon Takes on the Right

The Dark and Dank Brandon meme is a good distraction from a very normal presidency — but reveals a new tactic against the conservative…

5 min readOct 10, 2022

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Memeing the Unmemeable President: Dark Brandon Takes on the Right

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Jamie Cohen

The Long Payoff of the Ice Bucket Challenge

The FDA approves AMX0035, the first ALS drug in five years, thanks to funding from the viral challenge

4 min readSep 30, 2022

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A woman is seen yelling while a bucket of ice water is being poured over her head. She’s in the middle of the room surrounded by dozens of people in the background, out of focus, seemingly cheering her on.

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How Civil Rights Groups are Pushing Back Against Amazon’s New Show

Amazon’s ‘Ring Nation’ is trying to turn personal data, racism, and harmful neighborhood surveillance into entertainment

4 min readSep 26, 2022

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How Civil Rights Groups are Pushing Back Against Amazon’s New Show

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Jamie Cohen

Why Gifs Don’t Have to Be Worth Anything to Have Value

These wonderful, looping files will be still looping long after we’re gone

5 min readSep 21, 2022

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A red haired woman’s hair blows in the breeze in a cinemagram made from the 2011 film Take Shelter

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Jamie Cohen

Jamie Cohen

Digital culture expert and meme scholar. Cultural and Media Studies PhD. Internet studies educator: social good, civic engagement and digital literacies

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