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Another example is the swiping hand gesture for turning the "pages" or screens of a tablet display. [27] [28] Virtual skeuomorphs can also be auditory. The shutter-click sound emitted by most camera phones when taking a picture is an auditory skeuomorph. [29] Another familiar example is the paper-crumpling sound when a document is trashed. [30]
Memetics is a theory of the evolution of culture based on Darwinian principles with the meme as the unit of culture. The term "meme" was coined by biologist Richard Dawkins in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, [1] to illustrate the principle that he later called "Universal Darwinism".
Internet memes are an example of Dawkins' meme theory at work in the sense of how they so rapidly mirror current cultural events and become a part of how the time period is defined. Limor Shifman uses the example of the 'Gangnam Style' Music video by South Korean pop-star, Psy that went viral in 2012.
Since so many pages in the Wikipedia might be thought of as memes this page will focus on pages that discuss memes and their effect and study.
A skeuomorph is primarily ornamental design that imitates original elements, there by making them unnecessary now.. but an icon, whatever the design, is required still. —csnoke 12:47, 2 November 2012 (UTC) a few other examples of a skeumorph in computer interface design – the pencil icon for edit, and the envelope icon for email.
As an example, the geocentric model was a widely accepted concept despite its inaccuracies and has since been largely supplanted by more scientifically sound theories. Prominent figures like philosopher Daniel C. Dennett , evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins , and consciousness researcher Susan Blackmore , the author of The Meme Machine ...
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The first half of the book tries to create greater clarity about the definition of the meme as she sees it. The last half of the book consists of a number of possible memetic explanations for such different problems as the origin of language, the origin of the human brain, sexual phenomena, the Internet and the notion of the self. These ...