Today when they hear the word ”meme” most people think of the funny jokes that are spread around the internet, but is that the only thing the word ”meme” means?
Well in 1976 an ethologist Richard Dawkins, came up with the term ”meme” in his book ”The Selfish Gene”. A meme is something that changes the culture, the way that the people think about something, by relaying a certain information.A meme is a word that describes the power of ideas and how they can change. He himself said that he didn’t mean for memes to become such a big thing on the internet, as he came up with this term before the internet even existed. He said he thought that it would be used for newspapers and TV. Richard Dawkins compared the term meme with the term gene, as they are similar. Both self-replicate and change over time.
