{"id":3164,"date":"2025-03-31T04:45:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T04:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/a-brief-history-of-memes-bbc-ideas\/"},"modified":"2025-03-31T04:45:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T04:45:10","slug":"a-brief-history-of-memes-bbc-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/a-brief-history-of-memes-bbc-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"A brief history of memes | BBC Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4VS9cWmmu2k?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Where do memes come from? Why do some memes become popular? This video looks at the evolution and history of memes &#8211; and how and why they spread. <\/p>\n<p>In the mood for more? Have a watch of this \ud83d\udc49  Why I quit social media https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ij_xXZAhJPs<\/p>\n<p>Made by Polyphonic Films<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to BBC Ideas \ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/bbc.in\/2F6ipav<br \/>\n____________________________<br \/>\nDo you have a curious mind? You\u2019re in the right place.<\/p>\n<p>Our aim on BBC Ideas is to feed your curiosity, to open your mind to new perspectives, and to leave you that little bit smarter.  <\/p>\n<p>So dive in. Let us know what you think. And make sure to subscribe!  \ud83d\udc49https:\/\/bbc.in\/2F6ipav<\/p>\n<p>Visit our website to see all of our videos: https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/ideas<br \/>\nAnd follow BBC Ideas on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbcideas<\/p>\n<p>#bbcideas #memes #internetculture<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4VS9cWmmu2k\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where do memes come from? Why do some memes become popular? This video looks at the evolution and history of memes &#8211; and how and why they spread. In the mood for more? Have a watch of this \ud83d\udc49 Why I quit social media https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ij_xXZAhJPs Made by Polyphonic Films Subscribe to BBC Ideas \ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/bbc.in\/2F6ipav [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4155150508,"featured_media":3165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[197,2041,2042,6244,6238,2044,6236,495,6243,2045,6225,6226,6239,6240,6241,6230,6242,384,182,77,2046,2043,6237,6231,6233,6232,6227,6229,6228,6234,6235],"class_list":["post-3164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","tag-animations","tag-bbc-ideas","tag-bbcideas","tag-best-memes","tag-celine-dion-meme","tag-curious-minds","tag-dawkins","tag-explainer","tag-hey-reilly","tag-learning","tag-meme","tag-memes","tag-memes-everyone-knows","tag-memes-evolution","tag-memes-explained","tag-memes-history","tag-memes-now-vs-then","tag-philosophy","tag-psychology","tag-science","tag-self-improvement","tag-short-films","tag-the-selfish-gene","tag-what-memes-mean","tag-what-memes-really-look-like","tag-what-memes-video","tag-when-memes-started","tag-where-memes-are-from","tag-where-memes-come-from","tag-who-to-make-memes","tag-why-memes-are-popular","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4155150508"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}