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- Internet Dictionary: What is a Meme?You've probably come across the term several times in your time spent on the internet. If you were curious as to what a meme actually is, find out here.
Review of 'Thought Contagion' by Aaron LynchA short look at a very powerful work on memetics and societal idea viruses.- Did Congress Really Declare Pizza a Vegetable?It's been stated that Congress has now decreed pizza is a vegetable. Can that really be true?
- Annihilate Romantic Memes, Not RomanceRomance, romance it always pains me to think, about the destruction of diplomacy.
Popular Internet Meme OriginsFind out how some of the most popular memes on the internet began!
Jeepers Creepers - the Meme of MinecraftThe Creeper is a type of enemy (mob) found in the video game Minecraft. It sneaks up on unsuspecting players, and blows itself up within a certain range.- Meme Meets the MissionariesMy prim and proper grandmother pays a surprising price for being so determined to be presentable when Grandpa brought the missionaries home for supper one night.
- The Slender Man: Internet Meme or Rising Conspiracy Theory?Though he originally began as an Internet meme, the Slender Man has risen to the point that most people who spend time online recognize him, and many who don't also know the bizarre, child stealing figure.
- The Cheezburger Network: Know Your MemeThe Cheezburger Network is the group that is responsible for bringing popular Internet sites to customers such as; I Can Has Cheezburger, the Fail Blog, and the Daily What..... Know Your Meme is an Internet aggregation
- Memes: An ExplanationMemes have been around for forever, they simply have taken a different guise than anytime before.
- What is an Internet Meme?If you are on the internet more than occasionally you will have heard people talking about Memes and while each meme is different there are a few points that define the concept of an internet meme
- Countering Unethical Internet MemesConcerns arise when Internet memes--ideas that spread like a virus across the Internet--are of an unethical nature. This article explores the likely psychological phenomena that make memes a powerful force and how we may effectively counter them.
- History of the Dancing BabyAlthough you see it less now the dancing baby was one of the first internet memes which crossed over into popular culture.
- Facebook Cartoon Profile Pic Meme: Just a Hoax? or Something More Sinister?The Facebook cartoon profile pic meme was supposed to help end child abuse. Then it was a way for pedophiles to find kids online more easily. So is any of this true, or is the Facebook cartoon profile pic meme just a hoax?
- The First Internet MemeInternet Memes have become big in the last years but what were the first memes.
- Ah, Cartoons and Childhood AbuseA new meme going around facebook claims to spread child abuse awareness, but what does it really do?
- Why Are Facebook Cartoon Profile Pic Searches so Hot?Facebook users are swamping Google searching for cartoon characters from the 70s, 80s, and 90s for their profile pics in response to a meme calling for the awareness of violence against children.
- Top 10 Best Internet Memes of 2010: Songs, Celebrities, and SpiceWhat are the best internet memes of 2010? From a new drinking game to a sad celebrity and surprising hit songs, take a look back at the best internet memes of 2010
Viruses of the MindJust as a physical virus does, the meme Christianity protects itself by sequestering the infected host against outside attack.
Internet Culture: The Memes that Make Up LOL CatsCaturday is a popular Internet meme involving cute kittens and various poses. The LOL cats are a part of Internet culture for teens and adults.
Internet Meme Halloween Costume Ideas for 2010Isaiah Mustafa, Double Rainbow Guy, Cigar Guy, and Single Ladies are just some of the great Halloween Internet memes that you can create a Halloween costume from.- The "BED INTRUDER!!!" Meme, Antoine Dodson, and the Surrounding ControversyA new internet sensation on YouTube is bringing up touchy issues of race and class privilege. Why is no one talking about the actual sexual assault victim in all of this?
Viruses of the Mind: The Christianity MemeThe Christianity meme relies on the direct link between a person's beliefs and their behavior. This gives it the ability to control the behavior of entire societies. It is an idea that has taken on many of the properties of a living organism.
Defeating the Obama Wimp MemeDefeating The Obama Wimp Meme. Part of a continuing effort to understand and interpret Barack Obama.- The Underground World of Internet Meme Humor and SatireLOLcats, Caturday, Kanye West and many other memes are a part of online culture misunderstood by many Internet readers.
- Top 3 Internet Viral Videos - Chipmunks, Star Wars and....Hitler.There are many Internet viral videos, but which take the cake? Take a look. Beware, these viruses spread quickly and eat your brain.
Dancing MemesMemes are circulated cultural tidbits in society and across the internet. Dancing memes are especially interesting because they involve both the meme itself and the people acting on it. They are the new Macarena. Here are a few of the more popular ones.
Internet Memes: Shaping the Culture of AmericaEver wondered what was so funny about the internet? Well, you are about to find out!- What is a Meme?The concept of the Meme was first coined by the British biologist Richard Dawkins in his 1976 book, The Selfish Gene.
Grandmother GuideMy first loss of a loved one that had a deep impact on how I view death and life thereafter.- Yahoo MemeYahoo has recently launched a new Microblogging platform called Yahoo Meme.
Meme the Amazon Queen States Her IntentThe big heart and attitude of a little Queen is so very prominate.- The Measures of MemesThis article offers a critical look at the emergent enterprise of memetics as a potential science of culture.
Top 5 Internet Memes that Don't Exist, but Probably ShouldDare I change the world by adding more useless yet somewhat amusing running gags to the internet? Yeah, dare I do, indeed!
Republican Meme Machine: Blame Barack Obama for Sagging Stock MarketBarack Obama blamed for sagging stock market
Meme's Recipe Book - A Simple Gift IdeaA few years after my grandparents' death, my mother gave each of the women in our family a Christmas gift that still has the ability to stir up memories, and every once in a while, still brings me to tears: a collection of "Meme's Recipes".- The IPhone Chinese Factory Girl and How Her Photo May Finally Teach Everybody What a Meme isAnother word for viral marketing, Memetics is actually an older marketing process that's much more complex, insidious, and the entire structure behind what teenagers are buying and why so many bad songs, movies, books get to #1...
- The Self-Reproducing MemeThe self-reproducing meme is a simple idea with a special purpose. Interested in learning more about memes in general or this one in particular? Continue reading.
Memes: Virus-Like Traits Pass from One Human Mind to the NextMemes, genes, pass from parent to offspring. Memes, unlike genes, also pass from related to unrelated humans. Like viruses, Memes, jump from human mind to human mind.- Internet Memes: A Simple Traffic Tool for BloggersWhy should bloggers consider using memes to get visitors to their blogs?
