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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"meme theory"”.
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Evaluating memetics : A case of competing perspectives at an SME.
Memetics, which posits a cultural replicator similar to the gene in biology, has been proposed as a theory with which to study cultural phenomena such as organisations. However, much of the theory of memetics has been developed without empirical testing. Consequently, its application to …
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Betwixt the Popular and Academic: The Histories and Origins of Memetics
… this thesis I develop a contemporary history of memetics, or the field dedicated to the study of memes. Those working in the realm of meme theory have been generally concerned with developing either evolutionary or epidemiological approaches to the study of human culture, with memes viewed as …
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Retells and Remakes: Understanding How Horror Urban Legends Change Over Time
… the media's storytelling behavior. Building upon meme theory, this study will use narrative and historical context analyses to uncover the objectives, narrative elements and temporal environments surrounding 10 replications of three horror urban legend memes over the past century. This research …
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Understanding leadership and management development in a health board of NHS Scotland.
… and management development. The application of meme theory, the main theoretical lens of this research, reveals the workings of a memetic mechanism behind leadership and management development. Thus, this main contribution of this research is the addressing of the relative shortage of research …
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The religious mind: An evolutionary argument for theological non-realism
… this thesis I apply the insights of current best theory in evolutionary psychology to the problem of deciding between theological realism, which holds that religious beliefs are about some aspect of mind-independent reality, and theological non-realism, which holds that religious beliefs are …