Words like Wonk Cat, Lau, and Vex might not mean anything to some, but, to many D.C. college students, they’re a way of life. Students use terms like these almost daily in Facebook meme groups for ...

Facebook meme pages have exploded on campuses across the country in the past year, cranking out member-submitted images that combine humor with school-specific references. With just over 13,400 ...

Scroll through your social media accounts and you probably will find more meme-tagging exchanges than actual posts. Memes are more than just quippy jokes. They are becoming an important means of ...

Academically, and loosely socioculturally, a meme (from “mimeme,” derived from “mimesis,” meaning imitation or mimicry) is any one particular thing in existence (idea, picture, phrase — you name it) ...

Can memes be used for political change? We might find out this year. NPR's Elena Moore joined the South Carolina Young Democrats for a recent political meme training to find out. ELENA MOORE, BYLINE: ...

No matter what, I will always be able to tell my children that I watched Martin Shkreli invade a college meme Facebook group. Though, the truth is, I didn’t even realize it was him. This was back in ...

Less than a month after the conclusion of China’s hypercompetitive annual university entrance examination (“gaokao”), a satirical meme about an imaginary university has been banned on Weibo. The meme ...

Democrats are counting on young voters to come out in big numbers in 2024. But first? They have to figure out how to speak meme to reach the extremely online generation. Can memes be used for ...