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By Tomomi Shore Rutgers University DCIM-353-3b: Digital Technology and Disruptive Change July 1, 2019 Tomomi is a sophomore in the School of Arts and Sciences majoring in Evolutionary Anthropology. She enjoys research in the physical sciences as it relates to humans, hence physical anthropology. She hopes to become an archaeologist, or a scientist related to […]

Introduction: Why Memes?

First, let’s define a meme. According to Merriam-Webster, a meme is “an amusing or interesting item (such as a captioned picture or video) or genre of items that is spread widely online especially through social media.” The Washington Post defines memes as “any pieces of cultural information that spread among groups by imitation, changing bit […]