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Meme Evolution

Meme Evolution is a theoretical construct in digital culture studies that explains the process by which internet memes undergo modification, selection, and replication in online environments, distinguishing itself from broader cultural evolution models through its focus on user-driven, rapid transmission dynamics of humorous or symbolic digital content.

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7.2K

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136

Authors

85

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2017–2026

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Publications

79

Meme-tracking and the dynamics of the news cycle

Jure Leskovec, Lars Bäckström, Jon Kleinberg · 2009 · 1.6K citations

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The meme machine

Choice Reviews Online · 1999 · 1.4K citations

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On the Origins of Memes by Means of Fringe Web Communities

Savvas Zannettou, Tristan Caulfield, Jeremy Blackburn et al. · 2018 · 284 citations · Full text

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Bird Song: The Interface of Evolution and Mechanism

Jeffrey Podos, Sarah K. Huber, Benjamin N. Taft · Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics · 2004 · 267 citations

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A Theory of the Cultural Evolution of the Firm: The Intra-Organizational Ecology of Memes

John Weeks, Charles Galunic · Organization Studies · 2003 · 157 citations

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Authors

136

  1. YO
    Yew-Soon Ong

    Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    5 publications · 257 citations

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  2. LF
    Liang Feng

    Chongqing University, China

    4 publications · 227 citations

    4

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  3. LG
    Liane Gabora

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    4 publications · 284 citations

    4

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  4. SB
    Susan Blackmore

    University of the West of England, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 185 citations

    3

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  5. YH
    Yaqing Hou

    Dalian University of Technology, China

    2 publications · 94 citations

    2

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Institutions

85

  1. Vrije Universiteit Brussel

    Brussels, Belgium

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    458 citations

  2. Nanyang Technological University

    Singapore, Singapore

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    544 citations

  3. Chongqing University

    Chongqing, China

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    227 citations

  4. University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Birmingham, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    304 citations

  5. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    194 citations

  6. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    306 citations

  7. La Trobe University

    Melbourne, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    64 citations

  8. University of Maribor

    Maribor, Slovenia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    97 citations

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  2. Semiotica

    2 publications · 60 citations

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  3. CogPrints (University of Southampton)

    Repository · 2 publications · 126 citations

    2

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  4. European Journal of Innovation Management

    2 publications · 64 citations

    2

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  5. Memetic Computing

    2 publications · 133 citations

    2

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