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Memes are simultaneously a fascinating historical record of digital culture as well as the detritus of the cyber age.
Meme stocks are investment assets that receive a lot of attention on social media.
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Meme stock investing might seem like a fun game, but the risks are real.
An online audience is reading the vampire novel for the first time, en masse.
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A newsletter sends out chronological snippets from the 125-year-old novel ‘Dracula.’ Fans on the internet go wild.
The cute economy is not only a network of cute content that people participate in making, sharing and circulating but also a multibillion-dollar business.
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If sharing cute animal content is your love language, you’re not alone — you are part of a bigger cultural phenomenon called the cute economy.
A mini break with a humorous meme can take the momentary edge off during a stressful time.
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Social media during the pandemic is not all doom scrolling and despair. Lighter memes have psychological benefits.
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Despite having no real basis as a financial asset, cryptocurrency Dogecoin recently reached a market cap of more than A$12 billion.
Chess is exploding in popularity on the video game streaming site Twitch.tv.
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The video game community on Twitch has taken a massive interest in chess. The young, irreverent gamers and the ancient world of chess are both transforming as their cultures collide.
The beginning of the year has brought not only a cascade of bad news but also a wealth of great memes. With detached humour, people on the internet are identifying a problem, but the question remains: what do do about it?
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Despite the nihilism and pessimism of internet memes, people ultimately understand the direness of the danger posed by a powerful virus, climate change and global instability.
Participants at the Montréal Pride Celebrations a decade ago. Researchers say there is an overemphasis on muscular and ‘masculine’ bodies in gay communities.
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For many gay men, social media and dating apps are hotbeds of body image struggles and rising toxic masculinity – the recent ‘10-year-challenge’ on Instagram showcases this femmephobia.
B.C. Premier John Horgan created a meme when he said: ‘If you were woke, you’d know that pro rep is lit.’
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Politicians have been using memes to appear cool, plugged in, even ‘lit.’ Here’s why that’s not necessarily a smart idea.
Unlike Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump did not give a subculture a corporate, establishment sheen by appropriating it.
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If news pundits had been paying closer attention to memes, they may have been less shocked by the result of the 2016 US presidential election.
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The Politically Incorrect forum is bringing its racist vitriol to a website near you.
For Grumpy Cat, a random internet post led to global fame and red carpet appearances.
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This scientific field suggests people have been passing along memes since long before the birth of the internet. What makes one bit of culture take off, while another sinks from sight?
Gotta catch ‘em all.
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The spontaneous success of Pokémon Go shows how powerful internet memes can be.
Adolf Hitler gives the Nazi salute in 1939.
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Would a reprint of Mein Kampf impact a digital generation reared on “Hi Hitler” spoofs?