Social Media and Meme Trolling - The Impact of Trolling through Memes in Kashmir - Draft paper

Aug 27, 2026

Memes have become a core element of everyday life and reshaped how people in the 21st century absorb and spread information at the same time. The growth of meme culture has created new opportunities for trolling on social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. The paper examines how meme-based engagement influences the youth of Kashmir, highlighting meme pages as dense news sources while describing memes as an inseparable part of online communication that spreads person to person.

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Index terms

Introduction

Memes

Digital Natives

Internet memes

Global Journals LATEX JournalKaleidoscope™ Artificial Intelligence formulated this projection for compatibility purposes from the original article published at Global Journals. However, this technology is currently in beta. Therefore, kindly ignore odd layouts, missed formulae, text, tables, or figures . CrossRef DOI of original article: 1 Social Media and Meme Trolling: The Impact of Trolling 2 through Memes in Kashmir 3 Muzafar Hamid 1 and Dr. Syeda Afshana2 4 1 University of Kashmir 5 Received: 1 January 1970 Accepted: 1 January 1970 Published: 1 January 1970 6 ~~ ~~ 7 Abstract 8 Memes have become part and parcel of everyday life. In the 21st century, they have changed 9 the way people can absorb and disseminate information simultaneously. The growth of meme 10 culture has given people a remarkable space for trolling on social media platforms like Twitter, 11 Facebook, and Instagram. This paper will analyze the impact of engagement through memes 12 on the youth of Kashmir. That is why meme pages have become rich news sources for the 13 youth. Memes have become an inseparable element of the internet lexicon. Trolls, along with 14 memes, have replaced traditional news sources like newspapers as the key source of 15 information for teenagers. Memes are now recognized as a cultural unit because they are 16 passed down from person to person.Trolling with memes is a common trend now in Kashmir. 17 Since, the people of Kashmir are very much fond of memes; consumption is high among the 18 youth of Kashmir. Though memes are not easy to understand, they help gain more 19 information than any other source. 20 ~~ ~~ 21 Index terms—memes, social media, internet memes, kashmir, trolling. 22 1 Introduction 23 2 Memes 24 ccording to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a meme is ”a thought, behavior, or fashion that becomes a craze or is in 25 the form of satire on any individual using a mix of photographs, text, or video combined and is used for fun.” This 26 meme can spread through imitation from person to person within the culture or outside of the culture and carries 27 its symbolic meaning and represents a particular phenomenon or theme (Merriam-Webster, 2021) . A meme is a 28 cultural idea, symbol, or practice that can be conveyed from one mind to another by writing, speaking, gestures, 29 rituals, or other repeatable events. People who support the concept of memes as cultural units of communication 30 define memes as cultural analogs to genes, as they respond the same as genes: they self-replicate, mutate, and 31 can withstand selective pressures (Graham, 2002) . 32 3 A a) Digital Natives 33 A Digital native is a young person who has grown up in the digital era, having grown up through computers, 34 Internet, video game consoles, and later mobile phones, social media, and tablets (Prensky, 2001) . The term 35 digital native is frequently applied to millennials, Generation Z, and Generation Alpha; the latter two are 36 sometimes referred to as ”neo-digital natives,” ”genuine” digital natives, or ”digital integrators” ((Wikipedia 37 contributors, 2022)) . Many academic scholars regard the phrase ”digital native” as a persistent myth that is not 38 based on empirical evidence, and many call for a more nuanced approach to understand the relationship between 39 digital media, learning, and youth (Margaryan, 2011) (Bennett, 2008) . 40 4 b) Internet memes 41 Memes created and spread through Internet from one person to another are known as ”internet memes.” Internet 42 memes are an element of online culture (Börzsei, 2013) . They are easy to create and do not require high technology 43 to spread because social media platforms are enough for their dissemination. Internet memes are produced for 44 any known or unknown person and can make that person famous within no time. They impact people from small 45 children to the elderly ??Shifman, 2013) . 46 In many m

FAQs

What does the paper focus on regarding memes and social media?

It analyzes the impact of meme-driven engagement, including trolling, on the youth of Kashmir through popular social media platforms.

How does the paper describe digital natives?

A digital native is framed as a young person raised in the digital era, exposed early to computers, the Internet, mobile devices, and social media.

What are internet memes, according to the document?

Internet memes are described as online-culture elements spread from person to person, relatively easy to create and disseminate through social media.

Aug 27, 2026

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