User:Scaryszary/Internet meme
Internet memes are spread through two mechanisms: mimicry and remix. Mimicry is a recreation of a meme, using another individual's interpretation/specific text. [1]
Pepe memes
Matt Furie's cartoon character Pepe the Frog became an Internet meme when its popularity steadily grew across Myspace, Gaia Online and 4chan in 2008
- ^ Shifman, Limor (2014). Memes in Digital Culture. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-52543-5.