Believe it or not, the concept of a meme has existed far longer than the internet has been around. Granted, over the course of the past few decades, internet culture has certainly taken proud ...
In each edition of web_crawlr we have exclusive original content every day. On Saturday our Video Producer Kyle Calise explores the origins and history of the most iconic memes online in his “Meme ...
Movies often give us unforgettable images, but the internet doesn’t always let them stay that way. Viral jokes, GIFs, and remixes can change the meaning of a scene forever. The scenes that made ...
The anthropomorphic aardvark, Arthur, holds a special place in the diverse world of internet memes. Striking a chord of nostalgia while also providing commentary on contemporary events, these memes ...
In the early twenty-tens, one cottage industry in digital journalism was the unmasking of Internet memes: a journalist would identify the source of a popular image or joke just as one might dig up the ...
Last December, a factory in the Chinese province of Hebei called Donghua Jinlong posted a marketing video to TikTok showing aerial clips of its campus set to a jaunty tune. A caption proudly declared, ...
In October 2008, a group of bloggers, vloggers and internet enthusiasts met at Fontana’s, a now-shuttered bar on Manhattan's Lower East Side. “Dress up as your favorite meme or viral video star,” read ...