For this Giz Asks, we asked several experts: Why do some memes go viral, and is it possible to predict that virality? Professor at Indiana University studying online abusive behavior and co-author ...

Males in general are slightly more likely to do this (8 percent) than females (5 percent). We share memes and fun stuff ... that accurately demonstrates why some fads will take off, and it ...

Only 12% forwarded a meme that expressed anger, and 10% pushed one meant to strike fear in the hearts of its recipients. These numbers hold true across all segments of the population. Why do we ...

When we first received questions from audience members for us to answer in our new series Glad You Asked, there was one that really stuck out to me: How did meme culture become such a big part of ...

Gleason’s dry delivery, coupled with the instrumental score he discovered while searching for dramatic reality-TV-show tracks, turned out to be ideal meme material ... Why are we drawn to ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

A new survey explains why 55% of Americans have shared a political meme in the past three months. A survey conducted by Harris Poll on over a thousand American adults, shows that 90% have shared ...

While “brainfeel” may be an apt buzzword for the sensation audio memes elicit, Ms. Shane writes, it is more than a mere trend: We have entered the “era of the audio meme.” There are a lot ...

Today, many of the internet’s favorite memes come from fringe or ostracized communities—often from black communities, for whom oddball humor has long been an art form. Why do some memes last ...