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Memes and visuals come to the fore
What do we mean by “memes”? Internet scholars and researchers have long been debating what memes are and how they operate, and being more precise about what we mean by memes will be necessary to developing strategies for working with them. Visual ...
(Dec 19, 2017, Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard)
The 9 Funniest Memes Of 2017, Because We All Need One More Laugh
Here it is, the end of an incredible year. This year has been one for the record books, and as an homage to the last 12 months, here are the nine funniest memes of 2017. While there were a lot of contenders, these are the ones to see one last time ...
(Dec 19, 2017, Elite Daily)
Madame Tussauds turns Disney's Trump robot into a meme
Some said the animatronic figure looked like Hillary Clinton, sparking a conspiracy theory. Others claimed it looked more like actor Jon Voight. One thing is certain though, it does not look like President Donald Trump. In an attempt at being a cool ...
(Dec 20, 2017, Mashable)
These #WokeCharlotte memes are rewriting Sex and the City's most dated lines
Whether you were a huge fan of Sex and the City when it was first aired (still haven't seen more than two episodes, sue me) or not, there's no denying it's peppered with ignorant and pretty harmful views on everything from anal sex to LGBTQ+ issues. So ...
(Dec 20, 2017, Cosmopolitan.com)
Republican Candidate for Congress Openly Embraces White Supremacist Memes on Social Media
Paul Nehlen is a Republican who apparently wants to be a member of Congress, He is, after all, running to replace House Speaker Paul Ryan, a fellow Republican from Wisconsin. Thus, it might seem odd to a casual observer that on Monday Nehlen went “flat ...
(Dec 20, 2017, Newsweek)
Distracted Boyfriend to Salt Bae: 2017's Best Memes | PCMag.com
2Salt Bae. Distracted Boyfriend might have ruled Twitter in 2017, but Salt Bae definitely won Facebook, and perhaps the internet in general. According to Know Your Meme, the man now known as Salt Bae is a Turkish chef by the name of Nusret Gökçe. He ...
(Dec 20, 2017, PCMag)
Meme VS. Meme: Candy Canes – Delicious Or Prison Shanks?
There is a lot of injustice in the world. There are also plenty of folks who don't really know what that means, so they complain about little things on the internet using everyone's favorite platform — memes! Since no one can stand hearing an argument ...
(Dec 20, 2017, Crave Online)
Milstein Family Foundation Names Winners of 2nd Annual Pro-Israel Meme Contest
The competition brought together hundreds of participants from around the world, including the US, Israel, Egypt, South Africa, Germany, Romania, Kenya and Denmark. Second prize winner Eric Fihman created a meme featuring Israeli actress Gal Gadot's ...
(Dec 20, 2017, Algemeiner)
The 10 Best Music Memes of 2017: Critic's Picks
A No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 might be the most coveted prize in popular music, but there's no better way for artists to immortalize themselves than by turning into a viral meme. As with every year, 2017 offered countless brilliant songs and pop ...
(Dec 20, 2017, Billboard)
Hilarious 'Walking Dead' Rark Grames Meme Crashes 'Love Actually'
The Walking Dead's Rark Grames memes are now crashing Andrew Lincoln's unforgettable note card scene from Love Actually. The meme which started when a high school student posted a photo of their Rick Grimes painting on Reddit has become a phenomenon ...
(Dec 20, 2017, Comicbook.com)
Madame Tussauds' Trump Robot Meme Is The Most Epic Burn
A renowned wax museum threw some serious shade on Wednesday when Madame Tussauds made a meme about the Trump Disney robot. Disney unveiled its Donald Trump robot at the Hall of Presidents, and it's been garnering a lot of criticism for its likeness ...
(Dec 20, 2017, Bustle)
Kolkata: Can you get arrested for a meme? First of all, yes
Kolkata: A city college student has been arrested for allegedly running a social media page that regularly posted obscene memes about celebrities and statesmen, police said. "Manimoy Aich, a third-year student of a south Kolkata college, was arrested ...
(Dec 21, 2017, Times Now)
The Greatest Fashion Memes Of 2017
The Fashion Meme. It holds the power to conjure a cursory chuckle, a firm follow or even ignite a full-blown movement. Take, for example Gucci's resort 2018 show in Florence, where one look bore a suspicious similarity to a Dapper Dan creation from the ...
(Dec 21, 2017, Vogue.co.uk)
Meme up your marketing: how to use internet pop culture for brand promotion
How would you react if somebody called you a 'Bad Luck Brian', or a 'Success Kid'? How about if they said they were going to 'Rickroll' you? For those of you who think this sounds like Greek, welcome to the ever-changing, slightly weird world of memes ...
(Dec 21, 2017, YourStory.com)
The 14 memes of Christmas, as told by 2017's favourite stock couple
The Distracted Boyfriend was without doubt the meme of 2017, but the model couple who star in it offer so much more than just the internet sensation. With a rich catalogue of stock photos seeing them involved in a remarkably broad and bizarre set of ...
(Dec 21, 2017, Belfast Telegraph)
The Best Memes of 2017
Alyssa Bereznak: Memes live and die by their malleability. Of all the viral images that graced our feeds in 2017, Distracted Boyfriend was by far the most effortlessly applicable. On its own, the Shutterstock image is unremarkable, a cheesy scene meant ...
(Dec 21, 2017, The Ringer (blog))
7 gay memes that defined 2017
(men.com). Shocked that her partner would be so outrageous as to cheat on her in front of her healthy lunch, the character said: “right in front of my salad?!” The hilarious meme birthed a glorious sequel- 'right in front of my salad again' where our ...
(Dec 21, 2017, PinkNews)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus' son celebrates 1st NCAA point with Wilt Chamberlain meme
Humor undeniably runs in the family of comedian Julia Louis-Dreyfus. After her son, Northwestern's Charlie Hall, scored his first career point at the NCAA level, Hall took to Twitter to create a meme that will live forever in Wildcats lore. Here's the ...
(Dec 21, 2017, CBSSports.com)
[LISTEN] Memes: The language of millennials
JOHANNESBURG - Business Development Manager at Mzansi Memes Angelica van Dou says memes play a vital role in breaking stereotypes and building a positive atmosphere. Mzansi Memes's Facebook page says the team aims to “provide entertainment with a focus ...
(Dec 21, 2017, Eyewitness News)
We Asked Bill Nye to Do Some Very Important Meme Fact-Checking and He Did Not Disappoint
Ordained by the Meme Council, Bill Nye has become a permanent fixture in the meme economy after one creator, Bill Nye Tho, reimagined a stoner persona for Nye. Because we care about real news, not fake, we asked Bill to fact-check the veracity of this ...
(Dec 21, 2017, Vulture)
