WHAT IS AWHAT IS AMEMEMEME??

memememe (mi:m), n. Biol. (shortened (mi:m), n. Biol. (shortened from mimeme ... that which is from mimeme ... that which is imitated, after GENE n.). imitated, after GENE n.). An An element of a culture that may be element of a culture that may be considered to be passed on by considered to be passed on by nongenetic means, esp. imitation.nongenetic means, esp. imitation.

The Ubiquitous The Ubiquitous memememe

The Contagious The Contagious MEMEMEME

The DigitalThe Digital meme meme

:-):-)

A Final Point on A Final Point on memesmemes

A A meme meme is an idea.is an idea.

A A meme meme spreads.spreads.

The The meme meme has gone has gone digital.digital.

““When you plant a fertile When you plant a fertile memememe in my mind you in my mind you literally parasitize my literally parasitize my brain, turning it into a brain, turning it into a vehicle for the vehicle for the memememe’s ’s propagation in just the propagation in just the way that a way that a virusvirus may may parasitize the genetic parasitize the genetic mechanism of a host mechanism of a host cell.”cell.”

N.K. Humphrey, N.K. Humphrey, The Selfish GeneThe Selfish Gene

A A meme meme is a is a virusvirus..