Memes according to most people are bits and pieces of entertaining and memorable information. Often in the form of animated gifs and videos with a famous tag line to it.
Do you think it has any connection to the more serious and boring field of memetics? Would also appreciate your comments on how it reinforces social learning.
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Your paper is interesting. I would not have thought of television situation comedy and The Big Bang Theory in terms of meme theory.
I like Joseph Campbell's perspective that creativity is defined as innovation. Comedy is also an act of innovation because it often relies on surprise or the unexpected.
Dear Michael,
Thanks for the feedback. Interesting that you brought up Joseph Campbell. Do memes derive their "virality" from their resonance with some mythical narrative?
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