Examples of memes include melodies, catch-phrases, beliefs, clothing fashion and most of all internet memes. Internet memes are often catchphrases or concepts that spread quickly from person to person via the Internet, much like an inside joke.
Wednesday 2 December 2009
Meme
A meme is an idea or creative item that is passed on virally from person to person to the point where lots of people know about it and are talking about. It's a cultural item that is transmitted by repetition in a manner similar to the biological transmission of genes when going through evolution. It can be explained in evolutionary principles when explaining the spread of ideas and cultural phenomena. For example memes develop through natural selection, similar to that of biolgical evolution. They go through variation, mutation and competition, through plenty of different people or texts.
Examples of memes include melodies, catch-phrases, beliefs, clothing fashion and most of all internet memes. Internet memes are often catchphrases or concepts that spread quickly from person to person via the Internet, much like an inside joke.
Examples of memes include melodies, catch-phrases, beliefs, clothing fashion and most of all internet memes. Internet memes are often catchphrases or concepts that spread quickly from person to person via the Internet, much like an inside joke.
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