But do we really know the complicated history and multiple definitions of the word “meme”? When asked if they knew what a meme is, 189 out of 190 Hockaday students responded “yes” in a recent survey. Memes have become a powerful tool in modern day communication, and its power has only begun to be recognized. Far too often, people do not pause and think twice before liking or retweeting a meme that they think is funny, nor do they consider the repercussions. There is no exact date for when memes took over social media, but in this day and age, the internet seem to be flooded with them. A month later, Jada led a police report on sexual assault, and the evidence was shared across the internet. The photo became viral, gaining popularity as a meme and even a trendy dance move. Twitter users began to use the hashtag #Jadapose to mock and mimic her pose in the picture, in which her legs are splayed apart while she’s clearly passed out. Soon, the photo began to appear on social media.
A few weeks later, people began to text her pictures of herself, unconscious and undressed. In the summer of 2014, a girl from Houston, Texas woke up after a house party, clothes disheveled, with no memory of what happened the night before.
