In Russia, a court has declared satirical images comparing Russian President Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler as dangerous. Law ...

Hierarchy of needs memes and parodies appeared in early iterations on blogging platforms like LiveJournal, Geocities, and Xanga. Not only did satirical pyramids become a meme, but as time ...

The Surprise Mothafaka memes first became popular among fans of the show on LiveJournal, but eventually reached a broader audience in 2008, when the 5-second clip hit YouTube. By October 2010 ...

As we reflect on the memes and viral moments that defined this year, it’s clear there were a few notable main characters who popped up frequently, like Kamala Harris and Charli XCX. But there ...

First coined by the biologist Richard Dawkins in his 1976 book, The Selfish Gene, memes are now thought of mostly as images online with a bit of text over them. These are a specific type ...