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2024年3月20日 · Memes have come a long way in the past 20-plus years. Here's a brief history of their evolution and a comprehensive guide to defining them.

For a basic meme definition, we'll use the following: A piece of media, often humorous, that spreads rapidly through the internet. With the instant communication that services like Twitter, …

A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols, or practices, that can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable …

2022年7月13日 · You found out about it through word of mouth, you understood it, you changed its context, and you appropriated it for your own usage. And these are the key components of …

2022年10月13日 · A meme is something, like a photo or video, that can be spread from person-to-person, altered and repeated over time within a cultural context.

2025年3月18日 · Meme, unit of cultural information spread by imitation. The term ‘meme’ (from the Greek ‘mimema,’ meaning ‘imitated’) was introduced in 1976 by British evolutionary …

2024年5月16日 · A meme is a virally transmitted image embellished with text, usually sharing pointed commentary on cultural symbols, social ideas, or current events. A meme is typically a …

2022年1月26日 · “Memes are basically editorial cartoons for the internet age,” Saint Hoax said. “The power of a meme lies in its transmissibility and unique knack for being cross-cultural.” …

Memes are broadly defined as culturally transmitted information or ideas and beliefs that can be spread from one organism, or group of organisms, to another. A key component to the meme …