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Are memes the future of news?

Matt Rose, writing on Memeburn, says that comic-meme creation and consumption has taken internet culture by storm and seems to be only increasing in frequency and engagement.

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Rose says that memes come in all types and says that giving people the room to be funny, creative, and shocking with their news sources is a double-edged sword, but asks: "Do we have to learn to place our trust in society, rather than a few über powerful media barons?"

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