The video is a prime example of slactivism that reduces real issue to memes.
How much these memes in turn directly influence the election will remain to be seen.
Of all the YouTube memes, one of the most enduring involves cats cacophonously walking across pianos.
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Cat memes can be understood as modern icons that celebrate and worship the symbolic cat.
Clouds of flocking starlings as natural memes is a viable analogy, but there is a crucial difference.
From tweets to memes, YouTube to Vine, there is no shortage of ways to share your story.
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Kim says elections are particularly suited for widespread internet memes because they attract a lot of media attention.
Canvas is likewise aimed at being a place where memes arise, then live off (and on) the site.
What is shows is that our interest in creativity has consistently outstripped interest in key memes like capitalism.
In each case, the Obama administration has either strongly endorsed these memes or acted fecklessly to challenge them.
This sequence served to remind us that sometimes memes get ahead of reality.
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Yet with one debate of the 2012 election cycle still to come, several memes have already driven the next-day conversation.
Thus the consumer comes away with a set of memes that is far more compelling than the typical consumer product company.
The Robert Redd Brand pushes multiple memes to the consumer, as a result of the Robert Redd Literary Product Brand Methodology.
The creator of one of the most enduring memes in recent memory is using some of his fame to get political.
Results vary based on a user's prowess with the tool, but the founder envisions the service as a fertile spawning ground for memes.
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Canv.as, meanwhile, is a similar pinboard concept, but caters mainly to those who keep up with the latest Web memes and inside jokes.
Although historians and archeologists call them icons, artifacts, and talismans, it may be that the first cat memes appeared in ancient Egypt.
Mashable, a CNN.com content partner, invited the Bundesens and Grumpy Cat to Austin as part of their SXSW party space, which celebrates Internet memes.
For example, our social group is usually the first to spot big memes because they actively watch trends and behaviors emerging in real time.
The coverage, already underway, tells the story of the 2012 election through a stream of animated gifs, Photoshop propelled memes, salient quotes and meaningful photography.
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But these memes aren't just about getting a laugh - they make a political point too, says Elsbeth Roundtree, a co-founder of Know Your Meme.
The nine-year-old site is best known for spawning the hacktivist and trolling network Anonymous, and all manner of Internet memes and elements of Internet culture.
Second, real-time sentiment might help the campaigns determine with better precision and at greater speed the memes and themes that are connecting with voters.
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This post is a bit of a departure from privacy issues, but as you know, I like writing about memes and I love writing about Facebook.
With one click, people can "like" pages -- for brands, public figures, memes, music and groups -- as well as articles, photos or status updates from their friends.
To simplify, let's create three categories: technology, communications and memes.
The branded meme is not a new concept, but the way we go about creating the memes behind the Legend of Robert Redd are based on basic emotional messages.
But, as the latest example of how much Facebook memes can spread, The Lying Down Game group on Facebook currently has close to 34, 000 members from all over the world.
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