Lecture notes for a PSU Altoona class (COMM 110, "Media & Democracy"), discussing the social media response to the Gap's "Manifest Destiny" tee

1. Falling Into the Gap:
Pop Culture, Politics, and Social
Media
COMM 110, Media & Democracy
Prof. White

2. On Sale Now…

5. Let Me Get This Straight . . .

10. Oh No He
Didn’t

12. The Story So Far
• Charged language in
pop culture product
garners attention.
• Visual and verbal
arguments depict effect
of charged language.
• Social media—blogs,
Facebook, Twitter—
used to disseminate
political messages.

13. Damage Control

16. The Larger Issue
What makes these images problematic?

20. The Big Disconnect