Texas-Sized Humor: How Political Memes Reflect and Shape the Lone Star State
A pixelated image of a cowboy, digitally superimposed with a cartoonishly large oil derrick and the caption “Keep Austin Weird, Keep Texas Oily,” ricocheted across social media platforms last year. It was a concise and humorous, yet surprisingly potent, commentary on the ongoing tensions between the state’s urban centers and its traditionally dominant energy industry….
