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the ins and outs of internet memes




                                     By Courtney Minga
   Cultural symbol or social idea that goes viral
   Transmitted idea from person to person via
    the web
Richard Dawkins
   Mostly adolescents to post-adolescents
   Humor
     Clean
     Crude
   Stereotypes
   Everyday life topics
   Create your
    own meme
   http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/weirdw
    ebculture/f/What-Is-an-Internet-Meme.htm
   www.quickmeme.com
   www.memegenerator.com

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The ins and outs of internet memes: A guide to viral cultural symbols

  • 1. the ins and outs of internet memes By Courtney Minga
  • 2. Cultural symbol or social idea that goes viral  Transmitted idea from person to person via the web
  • 4. Mostly adolescents to post-adolescents
  • 5. Humor  Clean  Crude  Stereotypes  Everyday life topics
  • 6.
  • 7.
  • 8. Create your own meme
  • 9. http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/weirdw ebculture/f/What-Is-an-Internet-Meme.htm  www.quickmeme.com  www.memegenerator.com

Editor's Notes

  1. The "meme" word was first introduced by evolutionary biologist, Richard Dawkins, in 1976. "Meme" comes from the Greek word "mimema" (meaning "something imitated", American Heritage Dictionary). Dawkins described memes as a being a form of cultural propogation, a way for people to transmit social memories and cultural ideas to each other. Not unlike the way that DNA and life will spread from location to location, a meme idea will also travel from mind to mind.
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