Introducing
Your new presentation assistant.
Refine, enhance, and tailor your content, source relevant images, and edit visuals quicker than ever before.
Trending searches
The Meme Cycle
Sydney
Shaiman
Memes
Introduction
What is a Meme?
A meme is an...
Infectious
Evolve
Interact
Idea
Replicator
Idea
Bodiless
Advantage
A meme is a Genre
“...part of a limited number of story forms that have been refined into formulas because of their unique social and/or aesthetic qualities.” (16)
The "Meme" Changes...
The Structure or the Meaning of the "Meme" Changes...
When we are bored with "memes," so we make fun of them...
A Meme is a "Meme"...
A Meme becoming a "Meme"...
Before a Meme is a "Meme"...
What Happens Next?
Is there a larger cycle?
"Adventure, Mystery, and Romance: Formula Stories as Art and Popular Culture," John G. Cawelti (1976)
"Hollywood Genres: Formulas, Filmmaking, and the Studio System," Thomas Schatz (1981)
"I Found the World's First Meme with Help from Meme Historians," Will Fulton, Thrillist.com (2017)
Richard Dawkins Foundation, Richardawkins.net
"Superhero: The Secret Origin of a Genre," Peter Coogan (2006)
"The Schatz Cycle," blfproductions.wordpress.com (2014)
"The Selfish Gene," Richard Dawkins (1976)