Krampus, the "Christmas Devil" of Austrian and Bavarian folklore, has entered the popular culture of North America; who noted,  that "thanks to the Internet and YouTube [Krampus] is now very much on America's Christmas radar", an Internet meme, is an activity, concept, catchphrase or piece of media which spreads, often as mimicry or for humorous purposes, from person to person, via the Internet?
Krampus in popular culture Krampus, the "Christmas Devil" of Austrian and Bavarian folklore, has entered the popular culture of North America; Christian Jacobs notes that "thanks to the Internet and YouTube [Krampus] is now very much on America's Christmas radar". Tanya Basu interprets this as part of a "growing movement of anti-Christmas celebrations": a "bah, humbug" rejection of – or novel alternative to – mainstream festivities. Brian Joines of Image Comics suspects that the reason Krampus (specifically, as well as dark aspects of Christmas in general) has not been historically popularized in America is a social artifact resulting from "the nature of how we view Christmas in this country, both as a big day for kids and as the birth of a big religious figurehead". In some North American depictions, Krampus is an antihero who seeks to prevent children from becoming spoiled by rampant consumerism flowing from the economics of Christmas.
Web-based experiments A web-based experiment or Internet-based experiment is an experiment that is conducted over the Internet. In such experiments, the Internet is either "a "medium" through which to target larger and more diverse samples with reduced administrative and financial costs" or "a "field" of social science research in its own right." Psychology and Internet studies are probably the disciplines that have used these experiments most widely, although a range of other disciplines including political science and economics also use web-based experiments. Within psychology most web-based experiments are conducted in the areas of cognitive psychology and social psychology. This form of experimental setup has become increasingly popular because researchers can cheaply collect large amounts of data from a wider range of locations and people. A web-based experiment is a type of online research method.