creators_name: Heylighen, Francis
editors_name: Ramaekers, Jean
type: confpaper
datestamp: 2000-11-29
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:54:27
metadata_visibility: show
title: What makes a meme successful? Selection criteria for cultural evolution
ispublished: pub
subjects: evol-psy
subjects: phil-epist
subjects: soc-psy
full_text_status: public
keywords: meme, memetics, cultural evolution, selection criteria
abstract: Meme replication is described as a 4-stage process, consisting of assimilation, retention, expression and transmission. The effect of different objective, subjective, intersubjective and meme-centered selection criteria on these different stages is discussed.

date: 1998
date_type: published
publisher: Association Internationale de Cybernetique
pagerange: 423-418
refereed: FALSE
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citation:   Heylighen, Francis  (1998) What makes a meme successful? Selection criteria for cultural evolution.  [Conference Paper]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/1132/1/MemeticsNamur.html