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    The document discusses memes and internet memes. It notes that the concept of the meme was first introduced by Richard Dawkins to refer to cultural ideas that spread from person to person. An internet meme is a piece of media or content that spreads rapidly across the internet by being replicated in different contexts online. Modern internet memes take the concept of the meme and allow the same image or text to be reused in different memes, reflecting how cultural ideas spread online.

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    The document discusses memes and internet memes. It notes that the concept of the meme was first introduced by Richard Dawkins to refer to cultural ideas that spread from person to person. An internet meme is a piece of media or content that spreads rapidly across the internet by being replicated in different contexts online. Modern internet memes take the concept of the meme and allow the same image or text to be reused in different memes, reflecting how cultural ideas spread online.

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    The document discusses memes and internet memes. It notes that the concept of the meme was first introduced by Richard Dawkins to refer to cultural ideas that spread from person to person. An internet meme is a piece of media or content that spreads rapidly across the internet by being replicated in different contexts online. Modern internet memes take the concept of the meme and allow the same image or text to be reused in different memes, reflecting how cultural ideas spread online.

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    3 minutos

    Na prática

    Caio: Modern memes also spread quickly across the


    internet!
    Juci: That’s right! The modern internet meme takes
    lots of this concept, since it is a piece of media put in
    new contexts that fast replicates across the internet.
    Caio: That’s true! I usually see the same image, or
    text, being used in different memes!
    Juci: Exactly! The same media can be put in different
    contexts to express comic situations, reflect on social
    issues and many other things.
    Na prática 5 minutos

    Agora, com base nas informações apresentadas no


    diálogo, responda às perguntas:
    1. When was the word “meme” used for the first time?
    2. According to Richard Dawkins, what is a meme?
    3. What is an internet meme?
    4. In your opinion, what is the relation between the
    internet meme and the meme described by Dawkins?

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