Posts Tagged "Memes"

What’s in a Meme?

Posted by Rose Schwartz on Jan 22, 2007 in Rants | 1 comment

Meme n. Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another. Examples include thoughts, ideas, theories, practices, habits, songs, dances and moods and terms such as race, culture, and ethnicity. A self-propagating unit of cultural evolution having a resemblance to the gene (the unit of genetics). The term meme often has mixed emotions that are quickly to follow. Coined in 1976 by the zoologist and...