As a popular Internet cultural gene, meme has the characteristics of anonymous author and low entertainment. The cartoon images such as mung bean frog and fangs, which once swept the internet, and their derivative works can all be regarded as the germination of domestic internet memes.
About the similarities and differences between memetics of cultural evolution and biological evolution, as well as the possibility and applicability of more explanations of memetics, friends who want to know can consult relevant books and materials themselves, so I won't say much here. There is no doubt that the emergence of memetics theory has a unique explanation for the development of human culture.
Introduction to memes:
Meme is an online buzzword. As a popular Internet cultural gene, Mim has the characteristics of anonymous author and low entertainment. The cartoon images such as mung bean frogs and fangs that once swept the Internet and their derivative works can all be regarded as the germination of Mim phenomenon on the Internet in China. The other refers to Yahoo's Spanish Weibo website.
The word meme comes from the book selfish gene written by Richard Dawkins, a famous British scientist, which means "something similar to the role that genes play in the process of biological evolution in the process of language, thought, belief and behavior."
Nowadays, the word meme has been widely circulated and included in the Oxford English Dictionary. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, meme is defined as the basic unit of culture, which is spread through non-genetic means, especially imitation.