VirianLexicon:infectionstrategy

Infection Strategy


Any memetic strategy which encourages infection of a host. Jokes encourage infection by being humorous, tunes by evoking various emotions, slogans and catch-phrases by being terse and continuously repeated. Common infection strategies are "Villain vs. victim", "Fear of Death", and "Sense of Community". In a meme-complex, the bait co-meme is often central to the infection strategy. (GMG)


See also replication strategy; mimicry.


Last edited on Monday, September 1, 2003 7:50:09 am.