Memes

=**Memes**=

==**According to Worldbookonline.com, a meme is a cultural unit of** **expression that spreads from one person to another. It could be a picture, a catch-phrase (like Gus's "Keep on 'Scratching"), a jingle from a commercial, or a cute or funny picture from the Internet. The important thing is a meme spreads.**==

==**The word meme comes from the Greek word mimeme, which means imitate. It was coined by Richard Dawkins, a British biologist, in his 1976 book called The Selfish Gene. He wanted a word that explained how memes are like biological genes. Genes cause us to look like we do with hair, eye color, and features like our parents. "Dawkins claimed that memes share a number of similarities with genes. Both memes and genes are subject to mutations (changes) because they do not replicate perfectly."**==

==**The study of memes became popular in the 1990's and the word became more widespread in the 1990's and 2000's when people increasingly shared ideas, jokes, and more over the Internet. Some memes "go viral" if they become popular quickly which means like a virus they spread quickly.**==

Information from: Hanson, Jarice. "Meme." //World Book Student //, World Book, 2017, worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar753956. Accessed 13 Oct. 2017.




 * Dictionary.com says that a meme is an element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by non-genetic means, especially by imitation. It can be a humorous image, video, piece of text, etc., that is copied (often with slight variations) and spread rapidly by Internet users.**


 * Memes, pronounced meemz, are a system of behavior or a cultural element or a way of doing something that is passed down from generation to generation or from one individual to another. They have come to mean something different in the age of social media. Today memes are often represented by an image with a brief bold caption overlaid on top of it. The words are** **usually humorous or convey a message. Usually they are shared on social media to capture attention or get a quick laugh.**

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