9 Best Articles in 2021
Stratechery
Mistakes and Memes
Stratechery
~15 min read · Feb 9th · Information on the Internet is conveyed by memes, which can be anything and everything. The real world impacts are only now being understood.
CB Insights
Memes That Kill: The Future Of Information Warfare
CB Insights
~19 min read · From 2018 · Memes and social networks have become weaponized, while many governments seem ill-equipped to understand the new reality of information warfare. How will we fight state-sponsored disinformation and propaganda in the future?
BuzzFeed News
Our List Of The Top 2020 Memes
BuzzFeed News
20+ min read · 2020-12-11 · I am once again asking you to read about these memes.
kapwing.com
Kapwing - the online video meme maker
kapwing.com
From 2017 · Create video memes online with our free video editor.
Social Media Examiner #SMMW22
How to Use Memes: A Guide for Marketers
Social Media Examiner #SMMW22
7 min read · From 2019 · Discover how your business can use memes to engage and connect with people.
imaginarycloud.com
Brutalist design is the bad influence we all need
imaginarycloud.com
5 min read · From 2018 · Like it or not - personal opinions and memes aside - web-brutalism is moving from something edgy and almost punk, to something very mainstream and commercially viable.
WIRED
How Memes Became Weapons in the Culture Wars
WIRED
1 min read · Aug 6th · This week, we talk about the history of memes, where they originate, and how they influence politics and society.
The Atlantic
The Joke’s on Us
The Atlantic
~16 min read · 2020-09-30 · In the 2010s, Hitler memes and “ironic” racism filled the internet. What if we had taken them seriously?
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Fast Company
Funny and adorable memes could be a secret weapon in dealing with stress
Fast Company
1 min read · Oct 22nd · Go ahead and laugh. A new study in Psychology of Popular Media says memes can treat some pandemic ills.
Rest of World
Cuban memers are using sarcasm to avoid jail time
Rest of World
5 min read · Oct 18th · A new generation in Cuba is using memes to criticize the government under the shadow of a repressive anti-free speech law.
NPR
Memes about COVID-19 helped us cope with life in a pandemic, a new study finds
NPR
2 min read · Oct 21st · Memes could be a valuable way to help people deal with stressful situations.
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The Guardian
Mental health memes are everywhere – can they offer more than comic relief?
The Guardian
9 min read · Jul 29th · Relatable jokes about trauma can help people feel less alone, but questions remain over how therapeutic they can truly be
TNW
Meme Trends is like Google Trends but for the dankest memes
TNW
3 min read · From 2017 · With meme culture getting more popular than religion, this Google Trends-like tool will help you track the dankest memes on the internet right now.
danluu.com
Dunning-Kruger and other memes
danluu.com
~11 min read · From 2015 · Dunning-Kruger and other bogus memes It’s really common to see claims that some meme is backed by “studies” or “science”. But when I look at the actual studies, it usually turns out that the data are…
MIT Technology Review
How memes got weaponized: A short history
MIT Technology Review
6 min read · From 2019 · Memes come off as a joke, but some people are starting to see them as the serious threat they are.
Socialbakers
How to Use Memes in Social Media Marketing
Socialbakers
3 min read · 2020-05-16 · Mastering the art of memes is no easy feat, but luckily for you we’ve put together the ultimate guide on how to use those suckers like a pro.
The New York Times
Tracing a Meme From the Internet’s Fringe to a Republican Slogan
The New York Times
3 min read · From 2018 · In less than two weeks, the three-word phrase expanded from corners of the right-wing internet onto some of the most prominent political stages in the country, days before the midterm elections.
The Daily Beast
Palmer Luckey: The Facebook Near Billionaire Secretly Funding Trump’s Meme Machine
The Daily Beast
7 min read · From 2016 · Palmer Luckey—founder of Oculus—is funding a Trump group that circulates dirty memes about Hillary Clinton.
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