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An Internet meme, or simply meme (/miːm/, MEEM), is a cultural item (such as an idea, behaviour, or style) that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations. Characteristics of memes include their susceptibility to parody, their use of intertextuality, their propagation in a viral pattern, and their evolution over time. The name is from the concept of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins in 1972.
Mike Godwin coined the term Internet meme in 1993 when he discussed memes as spreading via messageboards, Usenet groups, and email. With the rise of social media platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, memes have become more diverse and can spread quickly. More recent genres include "dank" and surrealist memes, as well as short-form videos such as those uploaded on Vine and TikTok.
Memes are considered an important part of Internet culture, and have become a developed research area. They appear in a range of contexts, such as marketing, economics, finance, politics, social movements, religion, and healthcare. Although some argue memes deserve fair use protection, use of media from pre-existing works can sometimes lead to issues with copyright.
An Internetmeme, or simply meme (/miːm/, MEEM), is a cultural item (such as an idea, behaviour, or style) that is spread via the Internet, often through...
Rule 34 is an Internetmeme which claims that Internet pornography exists concerning every possible topic. The concept is commonly depicted as fan art...
Internet phenomena are social and cultural phenomena specific to the Internet, such as Internetmemes, which include popular catchphrases, images, viral...
an Internetmeme, typically an image, that is remixed, copied, and circulated in a shared cultural experience online. Proponents theorize that memes are...
World War III, World War 3, WWIII, WW3, or the Third World War are the names given to a hypothetical global conflict subsequent to World War I and World...
A meme coin (also spelled memecoin) is a cryptocurrency that originated from an Internetmeme or has some other humorous characteristic. It may be used...
Meme Man, sometimes also referred to as Mr. Succ or the Stonks guy, is a character often featured in internetmemes. He is depicted as a 3D render of...
the need for better standards of care. Harambe became the subject of internetmemes, songs, a video game, a statue, and other tributes and recognitions...
[ˈvɔjak], loosely 'soldier' or 'fighter'), also known as Feels Guy, is an Internetmeme that is, in its original form, a simple, black-outlined cartoon drawing...
Pepe the Frog (/ˈpɛpeɪ/ PEP-ay) is a webcomic character and Internetmeme created by cartoonist Matt Furie. Designed as a green anthropomorphic frog with...
meme stock is a stock that gains popularity among retail investors through social media. The popularity of meme stocks is generally based on internet...
originally reported in the scientific literature, subsequently became an internetmeme. This idea of a link between atrazine and gender was later revived by...
described as a hub of Internet subculture, its community being influential in the formation and popularization of prominent Internetmemes, such as lolcats...
Southern 500. Moon Man is an internetmeme and unofficial parody of Mac Tonight that originated in 2007 on the Internetmeme community YTMND, in which the...
is an Internetmeme based on a 2015 stock photograph by Spanish photographer Antonio Guillem. Social media users started using the image as a meme at the...
"Ligma" sounds similar to the words "lick my", and became a sophomoric Internetmeme to set up a crude joke. When someone unfamiliar with the term is prompted...
Know Your Meme (KYM) is a website and video series which uses wiki software to document various Internetmemes and other online phenomena, such as viral...
was posted in February 2023, Skibidi Toilet has become viral as an internetmeme across various social media platforms, particularly popularized by Generation...
Hide the Pain Harold is an Internetmeme based on a series of stock photos from András István Arató (born 11 July 1945), a Hungarian retired electrical...
visitors, and eventually peaked at 673,000. The image became a worldwide Internetmeme across social media. On Twitter, users created the hashtags "#whiteandgold"...
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