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memetic warfare

memetic warfare noun: the usage of Internet memes in an effort to achieve geopolitical goals or to enact social change.

Noun

memetic warfare (uncountable)

  1. The usage of Internet memes in an effort to achieve geopolitical goals or to enact social change.
    • I believe memetic warfare could be effective in countering Daesh’s recruiting and propaganda efforts and in modern conflict in general, including operations other than war. Trolling, it might be said, is the social media equivalent of guerrilla warfare, and memes are its currency of propaganda.2016 January 10, Jeff Giesea, “It’s Time To Embrace Memetic Warfare”, in Defence Strategic Communications, volume 1, number 1, →DOI, pages 68–76
    • The concept of 'memetic warfare' emerged out of military debates as an extension of informational war and psyops.2018, Catherine Happer, Andrew Hoskins, William Merrin, editors, Trump’s Media War, Springer, →ISBN, page 219

Questions about memetic warfare

What does memetic warfare mean?
Memetic warfare means the usage of Internet memes in an effort to achieve geopolitical goals or to enact social change.
What part of speech is memetic warfare?
Memetic warfare is a noun.

Words near memetic warfare in the dictionary

  1. memetic algorithm
  2. memetic algorithms
  3. memetic engineering
  4. memetic hazard
  5. memetic hazards
  6. memetic warfare
  7. memetical
  8. memetically
  9. memeticist
  10. memeticists
  11. memetics

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