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In his book entitled Memes in Digital Culture published in 2014, Shifman mentioned two central attributes of internet memes: creative reproduction of materials and intertextuality. He further referred to reproduction as “parodies, remixes, or mashups” (p.2) and listed a number of examples including, “Hitler’s Downfall Parodies,” and “Nyan Cat,” among others. For the second attribute, he pointed out an example of a collision of Korean culture "Gangnam style" and “binders full of women,” a 2012 Mitt Romney presidential debate’s assertion, in Psy’s meme with “my binders full of women” written on it. This indexes inter textual practices in political and cultural discourses of two nations.