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Visual content, including manipulated images, is a staple of propaganda and political messaging. AI analysis shows that a surge of these memes can precede the outbreak of wide-scale violence.
Memes can transmit dangerous ideas, cloaked in humour that makes them more palatable. Conspiracy theories and memes Conspiracy theories prove especially adaptable to the meme format.
YouTube streams are automatically playing in 144p and 360p despite users having a strong and stable internet connection. A fix is incoming.
Politics today is performance, and memes are its loudest cheerleaders—spreading fast, shaping beliefs, and signaling identity. Are we debating, or just rooting for our team?
Memes are a limitless playground of humor, capturing the everyday, the absurd, and everything in between. From timeless classics that make us chuckle to the unexpected twists of modern humor ...
From hobbyists and comedians to corporations and presidential candidates, everyone wants to know how to make their memes take off.
Election-Cycle Memes: The Good and the Bad Democracy in Action Memes are entertaining, but will they motivate voter turnout for the election?
For the last two decades, some of the weirdest and most creative things on the internet played out in images and GIFs. There have always been terrible memes, but for years, memes as a category ...
NBA memes have captured iconic moments, player quirks, and humorous insights, becoming a staple for fans and internet users.
A meme is something, like a photo or video, that can be spread from person-to-person, altered and repeated over time within a cultural context.
If there were a single word to describe memes in 2020, it would be “relatable” says Ricky Sans, Instagram’s Strategic Partner Manager for Memes. Instagram's meme creators helped us make ...
In 2012, the third and final meeting of ROFLCon, a biennial convention on internet memes hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, anticipated a shift in the formal qualities of meme ...