In Defense of Memes Defending Themselves

June 20, 2012 by An Xiao Mina

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My talk at the Personal Democracy Forum at NYU’s Kimmel Center

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My talk at ROFLCon III at MIT

Political memes have been on my mind as of late. It started with ROFLCon at MIT and moved on to more discussions, Skype chats and journal…

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China Meme Report

A Curated History of the Grass Mud Horse Song

February 7, 2012 by An Xiao Mina

As I thought about how to kick off the China Meme Report, I was overwhelmed. The Chinese internet is huge–some 500 million people are logging on each day, and nearly half of those are using microblogs. As in Twitter, Chinese microblogs like Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo are feeding grounds of some amazing memes.

Fortunately,…

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In Defense of Memes Defending Themselves

A Curated History of the Grass Mud Horse Song