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My written work sits at the border of online and physical worlds. In our culture driven by visual media, people sometimes find meaning by relating what is seen to what is understandable, making convenient connections at the expense of new learning. As a media archaeologist, meme scholar, and tech historian, I work to present digital cultures in a non-intimidating way and I write about memes and immersive media in a critical, but approachable manner.

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Move Over NFTs, the Super Fungible Token is Here

Debugger - 4 February 2022

Mr. Beast’s Squid Game Parody is a Danger to Digital Culture

OneZero - 10 December 2021

The racist theory that is animating some Trump backers

CNN Opinion, Michael D’Antonio and Jamie Cohen, OpEd - 27 October 2021

Pay attention to the far right's use of memes to stir extremism

CNN Opinion, Michael D’Antonio and Jamie Cohen, OpEd - 17 September 2021

Agitator-in-chief: Forget the ‘law and order’ talk; President Trump is a bomb-thrower at heart

NY Daily News, Michael D’Antonio and Jamie Cohen, OpEd - 6 September 2020

Why Jenna Marbles, One of YouTube’s First Stars, Decided to Cancel Herself

Forbes - 27 June 2020

Third Amendment Memes and the Cultural Relevance of Rarely Used Rights

Forbes - 10 June 2020

Virtual Reality is Missing Its Moment… Again

OneZero - 3 April 2020

What the Bernie Memes Mean for Political Engagement

Medium - The StartUp - 2 February 2020

Exploring Echo-Systems: How Algorithms Shape Immersive Media Environments

Journal of Media Literacy Education - November 2018

Mobilizing Disinformation: Digital Memes and the Weaponization of Images

Book Chapter for Fake News: Real Issues in Modern Communication. Chun, Russell & Drucker, Susan, editors. Peter Lang Publishers. (March 2020.)

YouTube: Populism and the Commodity of the Authentic

Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change - Medium August 2017

Communicating Graphically: Mimesis, Visual Communication, & Commodification as Culture

Matt Applegate and Jamie Cohen. Journal of Cultural Politics. Volume 13, Number 1, April 2017