Even if you didn't watch any of the three presidential debates, chances are you're familiar with Big Bird, binders and bayonets. The words were barely out the candidates' mouths before Internet memes ...

You've got the "Success Kid," Gavin, "First Day on the Internet Kid" and many more awkward teens rounding out the ever-growing collection of memes featuring kids. They go insanely viral due to funny ...

Social media is on fire with memes about outlawing semiautomatic weapons and “assault” rifles, written by people who haven’t a clue what either one of these is, after last week's shooting in Orlando.

If you follow gun rights and gun safety issues at all, you’ve undoubtedly seen this viral meme in your social media stream: Aside from the truly questionable safety issue of someone riding around on a ...

Memes translate complex ideas into simple, easily digestible, emotionally evocative messages that draw on an existing cultural schema. Memes construct the narratives that frame events, as we see with ...