28. The Selfish Gene
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The concept of 'meme' was first introduced by Richard Dawkins in his book, The Selfish Gene.
“The concept of 'meme' was first introduced by Richard Dawkins in his book, The Selfish Gene (Dawkins, 2016;Davis, 2017).”
From Social media challenges as an intersection between Internet memes and traditional challenges: a conceptual analysis (2026) · cites this paper as Dawkins, 2016
Dawkins argued that memes are cultural analogs to biological genes, as they replicate, mutate, and adapt to selective pressures, thereby shaping cultural evolution much like genetic processes shape biological evolution.
“He argued that memes are cultural analogs to biological genes, as they replicate, mutate, and adapt to selective pressures, thereby shaping cultural evolution much like genetic processes shape biological evolution.”
From Social media challenges as an intersection between Internet memes and traditional challenges: a conceptual analysis (2026) · cites this paper as Dawkins, 2016
Dawkins coined the term 'meme' derived from the Greek word 'mimema' meaning 'something imitated,' to describe how cultural information spreads in human societies.
“He coined the term, derived from the Greek word 'mimema' meaning”
From Social media challenges as an intersection between Internet memes and traditional challenges: a conceptual analysis (2026) · cites this paper as Dawkins, 2016
Memes function as units of cultural transmission, conveying ideas, behaviors, or styles from one person to another through imitation and other non-genetic means.
“Memes function as units of cultural transmission, conveying ideas, behaviors, or styles from one person to another through imitation and other non-genetic means.”
From Social media challenges as an intersection between Internet memes and traditional challenges: a conceptual analysis (2026) · cites this paper as Dawkins, 2016
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Competition Dynamics in the Meme Ecosystem
Ford, T. W., Krohn, R., & Weninger, T. (2023) · ACM Transactions on Social Computing · doi:10.1145/3596213 · Cited by 10 · see citing works
Krispil, O., & Lev-on, A. (2026) · Frontiers in Communication · doi:10.3389/fcomm.2026.1779335 · Cited by 1 · see citing works
- Authors
- Dawkins, R.
- Venue
- Essays and Reviews
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Published
- 2016-12-31
- Pages
- 140-142
- Cited by
- 12
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- 0
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