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<div>I posted this to staff working in social media at the Institute, but Elizabeth told me the editors group might be interested as well. </div>
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<div>The subject is <b>Memes. </b>You may have noticed that college memes are the big thing at the moment. </div>
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<div>'Meme' is a short version of <i>mimeme</i>, meaning an imitation. It's a replicating concept or idea that is propagated on the internet and evolves along the way. It usually takes the form of a parody or involves the use of a recognizable image/phrase/etc.
and playing with it (= an imitation that is really a mutation of sorts). </div>
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<div><b>Here's an example:</b> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AllYourDataArBelongToUS.png">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AllYourDataArBelongToUS.png</a></div>
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<div>College memes are popular right now. Here's a <b>MIT Memes Fb page</b> (thanks Nancy Duvergne Smith for finding it):
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/MIT-Memes/104423009685578">http://www.facebook.com/pages/MIT-Memes/104423009685578</a> </div>
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<div>p.s. <u><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#a83e00">if you do want to receive updates about social media</font></u>, reply back and let me know. I send out an email at least once per week. </div>
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<div>Stephanie</div>
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<b>Stephanie Hatch</b></div>
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