Memes are a common way for individuals to communicate online. Internet users often use
memes to reply to each other on social networking sites or other online forums. This …

This article argues for a clearer framework of internet-based “memes”. The science of
memes, dubbed 'memetics', presumes that memes remain “copying units” following the …

In" Memetics and Folkloristics: The Theory"(Oring 2014), the ideas of Richard Dawkins and
other memetic theorists were described and critiqued. This essay focuses upon the use of …

Memes are small units of culture, analogous to genes, which flow from person to person by
copying or imitation. More than any previous medium, the Internet has the technical …

The basic question this book seeks to answer is,“What basis did early modern beliefs about
witchcraft and magic have in reality?” To answer this question, it focuses on a detailed study …

This book is intended primarily for scholars of religion; for those who wish to study religion in
a scientific manner, be they historians, anthropologists, sociologists or psychologists of …

" Are humans violent or peaceful by nature? We are both. In this ambitious and wide-ranging
book, Agner Fog presents a ground-breaking new argument that explains the existence of …

Abrupt systemic changes in ecological and socio-economic systems are a regular
occurrence. While there has been much attention to studying systemic changes primarily in …

Abstract In 1976, Richard Dawkins coined the term meme as a way to metaphorically project
bio-evolutionary principles upon the processes of cultural and social development. The …

This paper presents an exploratory memetic perspective on the diffusion pattern of the ALS
Ice Bucket Challenge. More precisely, the paper contributes to research on social learning …