Viral ice buckets: A memetic perspective on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge's diffusion

Viral ice buckets: A memetic perspective on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge's diffusion

This paper presents an exploratory memetic perspective on the diffusion pattern of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. More precisely, the paper contributes to research on social learning, cultural evolution, and social contagion by shedding light on endogenous (meme-related) as well as exogenous (structu...

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Main Authors: Knausberg, T. (Author), Mueller, M. (Author), Schlaile, M.P (Author), Zeman, J. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2018
Subjects:
Agent-based model
Agent-based modeling
altruism
Applied memetics
article
Autonomous agents
Charity
Computational methods
cultural anthropology
diffusion
Diffusion
human
Ice
Ice bucket challenge
Memes
Memetics
simulation
Social contagion
social learning
social media
Social media
social network
Social networking (online)
Social networks
Social simulation
Social simulations
social welfare
theoretical study
Viral altruism
Viral challenges
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