UNC students catch new social media craze

By Georgia Walker

Many UNC students are picking up on a new social media sensation – memes. A meme refers to something that spreads from person to person within a culture – like a toy craze or a hit song. But on the Internet, a meme is usually a viral picture with a witty punch line that only certain groups of people would understand. So, it’s basically a high-tech and very public way to share an inside joke. And, as Carolina Connection’s Georgia Walker reports, UNC students are joining the meme rage and creating their own memes to parody campus life.