Book of Memes: An Introduction to some of the most famous memes of all time

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Gottsch, John D. (2001). "Mutation, Selection, And Vertical Transmission Of Theistic Memes In Religious Canons". Journal of Memetics. 5 (1). Archived from the original on 12 April 2021 . Retrieved 8 October 2021.

Jan, Steven (2007). The Memetics of Music: A Neo-Darwinian View of Musical Structure and Culture. Aldershot: Ashgate. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015 . Retrieved 10 December 2008. Aunger, Robert (2000). Darwinizing Culture: The Status of Memetics as a Science. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192632449. I will not buy any more books until I’ve read all the ones I’ve got,’ I said. Then I laughed and laughed.” 69) Dawkins, Richard (1982). The Extended Phenotype. Oxford University Press. p.109. ISBN 9780192860880. Imgflip supports all fonts installed on your device including the default Windows, Mac, and web fonts,

Aside from capturing the attention of thousands of potential readers, memes are also great for authors because: See how easy it is to have your readers get invested in your characters before reading your book? For the Plated Prisoner series Me: I like reading because it’s relaxing. Me: *screams at book* Me: *throws book against the wall* *cries over characters for days on end* Me: *curses the author’s name to the winds* Me: So relaxing.” 39) Dawkins initially defined meme as a noun that "conveys the idea of a unit of cultural transmission, or a unit of imitation". [21] John S. Wilkins retained the notion of meme as a kernel of cultural imitation while emphasizing the meme's evolutionary aspect, defining the meme as "the least unit of sociocultural information relative to a selection process that has favorable or unfavorable selection bias that exceeds its endogenous tendency to change". [41] The meme as a unit provides a convenient means of discussing "a piece of thought copied from person to person", regardless of whether that thought contains others inside it, or forms part of a larger meme. A meme could consist of a single word, or a meme could consist of the entire speech in which that word first occurred. This forms an analogy to the idea of a gene as a single unit of self-replicating information found on the self-replicating chromosome. In his book The Robot's Rebellion, Keith Stanovich uses the memes and memeplex concepts to describe a program of cognitive reform that he refers to as a "rebellion". Specifically, Stanovich argues that the use of memes as a descriptor for cultural units is beneficial because it serves to emphasize transmission and acquisition properties that parallel the study of epidemiology. These properties make salient the sometimes parasitic nature of acquired memes, and as a result individuals should be motivated to reflectively acquire memes using what he calls a " Neurathian bootstrap" process. [65] Memetic explanations of racism

We know the importance of hiring a book editor, but that doesn't mean we have to like it. For funny book memes about your own book If you want to make memes specifically for your own book, here are some examples from authors who have done it well. These are memes of very popular books (often referencing other popular books, movies, and series) so you can get an idea of how to create your own from your books. In these cases, people are using TV or movie stills to create the tone and mood they're aiming for. We're about to make it much more fun to document your author journey and market your book. And yes, we're including memes (scroll to the end if you're only here for those).Aaron Lynch attributed the robustness of religious memes in human culture to the fact that such memes incorporate multiple modes of meme transmission. Religious memes pass down the generations from parent to child and across a single generation through the meme-exchange of proselytism. Most people will hold the religion taught them by their parents throughout their life. Many religions feature adversarial elements, punishing apostasy, for instance, or demonizing infidels. In Thought Contagion Lynch identifies the memes of transmission in Christianity as especially powerful in scope. Believers view the conversion of non-believers both as a religious duty and as an act of altruism. The promise of heaven to believers and threat of hell to non-believers provide a strong incentive for members to retain their belief. Lynch asserts that belief in the Crucifixion of Jesus in Christianity amplifies each of its other replication advantages through the indebtedness believers have to their Savior for sacrifice on the cross. The image of the crucifixion recurs in religious sacraments, and the proliferation of symbols of the cross in homes and churches potently reinforces the wide array of Christian memes. [40] Cannizzaro, Sara (31 December 2016). "Internet memes as internet signs: A semiotic view of digital culture". Sign Systems Studies. 44 (4): 562–586. doi: 10.12697/SSS.2016.44.4.05. ISSN 1736-7409. S2CID 53374867. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023 . Retrieved 23 January 2023. Dawkins, Richard (1989). "11. Memes: The new replicators". The Selfish Gene (2nded.). Oxford University Press. p.368. ISBN 9780192177735.