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Thanks Diana,
That's interesting if library classifications put memetics in social
psychology- that's probably why (as far as I know) it's not really been
picked up by the sociology oriented disciplines like media studies (after
all the books may be on different floors :-)).
Incidentally, I came across the term through reading so called 'popular
science' books like Dawkins etc., although I can't remember where I first
read the term, but it was before picking up 'The Selfish Gene', which I only
did later on when I discovered it was the origin of the term.
Vincent
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> From: Diana Stevenson
> Reply To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 12:04 am
> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> Subject: Social psychology
>
> Vincent wrote:
>
> <I've stated many times before where I see a gap that fits mydiscipline's
> capacity to contribute to memetics, and sometimes I think the focus on
> individuals and the minds/brain processes underplays what I seeas the
> central element of memetics, which is not simply about how an idea gets
> from
> one mind to another, but how social movements/trends originateand spread.
> That means that as important as examining information/ideational transfer
> between individuals is, the main point is how an idea spreads through
> large
> masses of people. I think there are social psychology elements here,
> which
> would involve things like group and organisational communication(for which
> of course there's already lots of theories and research) as well as mass
> communication (again subject to lots of theories and research that needs
> to
> be addressed).>
>
> I hope your approach takes off, Vincent. It's a point of interest that
> the
> world's major libraries have classified Blackmore, Lynch and Brodie's
> books
> on memetics as social psychology. Thus they are set in silicon and paper,
>
> and where browsing the shelves is a factor the classification will have
> implications for the readership.
>
> Diana
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