# Memetic Vector **Entity class:** Network-contagion concept A **memetic vector** is a person, account, organization, platform, or artifact through which an ideological narrative, behavioral script, or other informational payload is transmitted. The term is a network and complex-contagion model, not a statutory biological category. ## Relationships [[wiki/Ideological Payload|Ideological Payload]] · [[wiki/Complex Contagion|Complex Contagion]] · [[wiki/Network as Transport Medium|Network as Transport Medium]] ## Sources - [Mason Youngblood — Extremist ideology as a complex contagion, July 31, 2020](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-020-00546-3) **As of:** 2026-09-23