Uncertain future sees graduating students indulge in self-mockery using internet memes during end of studies photoshoots.

Human sexuality is vast, diverse and ever-shifting. Yet in the mid-2010s, the internet began to move toward something like consensus on an erotic behavior that has traditionally been outside the ...

Punchy and humorous, memes are the perfect fodder for an internet culture shaped by viral sharing and creative participation. They may seem basic, but from a linguistic point of view, they’re ...

Two years ago, he began teaching a stand-alone course on memes which raised some eyebrows in the academic community. “Memes come with a stigma of not being a serious study or scholarship ...

The 2011 introduction of Meme Studies, an actual academic course on memes, at Northwestern University in the US state of Illinois has long been used as a marker of how much of an impact the ...

Titled “The Utopian Cat: ‘Cyber Cat Petting’ Fanatics’ Identity and Fantasy,” it applied academic terminology and analytical frameworks to cat memes and the people who share them. The subculture at ...

The meme includes a picture of Goldsmith in a black pinstripe suit with accompanying text inspired by the original ad tagline that reads: "I don't always have to write exams online, but when I do, I ...

The academic accessibility of socialist memes has also helped. Core concepts, beliefs, and ideals are boiled down to easy-to-read, easy-to-understand, concise snippets of text. Instead of wading ...

Jamie Burton is a Newsweek Senior TV and Film Reporter (Interviews) based in London, U.K. His focus is reporting on the latest in the world of entertainment and showbiz via interviews with ...

Neil, a master of the self-deprecating academic meme, even finds humour in the sheer impossibility of finding work-life balance in the ivory tower. He's just a chill guy. The X post has been ...

Memes stripped away context to make it seem as though characters from Disney films and SpongeBob SquarePants were engaged in extreme breath play. And while the trend of wishing that a celebrity crush ...