Feed them slop: Alignment, attunement, and the affective lure of slopaganda
European Journal of Cultural Studies
Published online on July 31, 2026
Abstract
European Journal of Cultural Studies, Ahead of Print.
From Charlie Kirk reborn as Terminator to bearded ladies dancing at cocktail parties in ‘Trump Gaza’, social media feeds now churn with slopaganda or ‘agitslop’. Unlike deepfakes, which lure viewers into mistaking AI-generated videos for reality, ...
From Charlie Kirk reborn as Terminator to bearded ladies dancing at cocktail parties in ‘Trump Gaza’, social media feeds now churn with slopaganda or ‘agitslop’. Unlike deepfakes, which lure viewers into mistaking AI-generated videos for reality, ...