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Internet meme

An Internet meme, or meme (/miːm/), is a cultural item (such as an idea, behavior, or style) that spreads across the Internet, now primarily through social media platforms. Internet memes manifest in a variety of formats, including images, videos (e.g. GIFs), and other viral content. Key characteristics of memes include their tendency to be parodied…

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Internet meme

Nodes147
Edges146
Triples150
Avg. degree1.99
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Internet meme

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related to Contemporary memes · 21
Internet meme → An, Congress, Dank, Deep-fried, Despite, Elizabeth Bruenig, Examples, Lord Farquaad, Many, Mark Zuckerberg's, MemeEconomy, Originally, Reddit, Shrek, Surreal, The, TikTok, Vinci Surgical System, Wall Street, Washington Post
related to Origins and early memes · 20
Internet meme → Dancing Baby, Darwinian, Dawkins, Emoticons, Hampster Dance, However, In, Internet, June, Limor Shifman, Memes, Mike Godwin, Nevertheless, Richard Dawkins, Scott Fahlman, Such, The, The Selfish Gene, Usenet, Wired
related to Marketing · 18
Internet meme → Brian Finkelstein, Dos Equis, Fashion, For, Gucci, Instagram, Internet, Marketing, Pepe, Plane, Products, Snakes, SnakesOnABlog, The, The Most Interesting Man, Use, Wendy's, World
related to Evolution and propagation · 15
Internet meme → As, Conversely, Coscia, Dominic Basulto, In, Internet, Memes, Miltner, Modifications, Once, Research, SIR, Susceptible-Infectious-Recovered, The Washington Post, This
related to Social movements · 12
Internet meme → ALS/MND, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/Motor Neurone, Disease, During, Furthermore, Ice Bucket Challenge, In, Internet, It Gets Better Project, LGBTQ, Occupy Wall Street, OWS
related to Politics · 11
Internet meme → Among, Dean, For, Howard Dean, In, Internet, Over, Republican, Ted Cruz's, Vermont, Zodiac Killer
related to Characteristics · 10
Internet meme → Additionally, Although, Charlie Bit My Finger, Creative, In, Internet, Photoshop, Remix, They, Two
related to Healthcare · 6
Internet meme → Boyd, COVID-19, Internet, Nigeria, Reynolds, Social
related to Religion · 5
Internet meme → Aguilar, Internet, Texas, They, University
related to External links · 4
Internet meme → Internet, Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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memes internet meme social use copyright media political cultural often original example online culture viral also used platforms term marketing

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YouTubeinstance ofThe emergence of social media platforms0.80text
Twitterinstance ofThe emergence of social media platforms0.80text
Facebookinstance ofThe emergence of social media platforms0.80text
and Instagram further diversified memesinstance ofThe emergence of social media platforms0.80text
accelerated their spreadinstance ofThe emergence of social media platforms0.80text
humorinstance ofis promoted by factors0.80text
Rickrollinginstance ofvideo-based memes0.80text
viral videos such asinstance ofvideo-based memes0.80text
Twitterinstance ofThe appearance of social media websites0.80text
Facebookinstance ofThe appearance of social media websites0.80text
and Instagram provided additional mediums for the spread of memesinstance ofThe appearance of social media websites0.80text
and the creation of meme-generating websites made their production more accessible.Contemporary memesinstance ofThe appearance of social media websites0.80text

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