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The History of Internet Memes

The History of Internet Memes. A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture. An Internet meme is a concept that spreads from person to person via the Internet. What is a Meme?. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qItugh- fFgg.

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The History of Internet Memes

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  1. The History of Internet Memes

  2. A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture. • An Internet meme is a concept that spreads from person to person via the Internet. What is a Meme? http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qItugh-fFgg

  3. Video Clips • Images • Websites • Phrases • Parodies • Jokes Internet Memes Can Be… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfVsfOSbJY0

  4. The Dancing Baby (1996) • Released as a product sample source file with software called Character Studio • Made it’s way into the mainstream via websites and television (Ally McBeal) Early Internet Memes

  5. Hampster Dance • Features rows of dancing hampter GIFs • Became popular in the late 90s via email, blogs and pranks Early Internet Memes

  6. LOLCATS • http://www.lolcats.com/ Popular Memes

  7. “Thriller” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnk7lh9M3o Popular Memes

  8. Rick Rolling • a bait-and-switch practice that involves providing a web link supposedly relevant to the topic at hand, but actually re-directs the viewer to Rick Astley’s 1987 hit single “Never Gonna Give You Up.” • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ Popular Memes

  9. Star Wars Kid • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPPj6viIBmU Popular Memes

  10. Advertisers often use Internet memes as a form of viral marketing or guerrilla marketing to create buzz for a product or service. Uses of Internet Memes

  11. Nope! Chuck Testa • “Official Ojai Valley Taxidermy TV Commerical” • http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LJP1DphOWPs • http://www.viddler.com/v/80d38c81 Internet Meme Marketing

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