Internet memes are cultural symbols or ideas that spread virally online. They are transmitted from person to person through sharing on the web, as described by Richard Dawkins. Memes take many forms including humor, stereotypes, and references to everyday life. They are most commonly shared among adolescents and post-adolescents. Websites like quickmeme and memegenerator allow users to easily create and share their own memes.
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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