LOL was yesterday: Cat falls from sofa: Roflmao, epic fail! How does humour work on the web, and what goes viral? Dumbness prevails, deal with it! Soon AI and robots are going to make everybody laugh... The Digitaler Salon of the HIIG is going on an expedition through the funny spheres of the web in February: Whether it's cat content, Epic Fail Compilation #111, pile of poo, smiley and eggplant - humour in the net seems to know its own laws. Do older generations still understand digital fun? When does a meme actually go viral? Is the most important thing to be blunt? Or do you just don't understand? What kind of humour do we find on the Internet, who has the right influencers and how does this affect our communication? Algorithms are already beginning to write jokes - will they have the laughs on their side at some point?
Digitaler Salon – LOL war gestern
Wednesday, 28 February 2018 | 7 pm (ical/gcal)
Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG)
Französische Straße 9 | 10117 Berlin
The host Katja Weber talks with exciting guests about humour in the net, memes and the emojification of communication. The guests will be
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Younes Al-Amayra, Youtuber,
Datteltäter, the "Satire-Kalifat Youtubes" (tbc)
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Sophie Passmann, main address:
Twitter &
Neo Magazin Royale
Moritz Timm, expert for Memes at HIIG, will make the introduction.
Analogue | HIIG | Pretzels & Cider | Admission from 6:30 pm
Digital | #DigSal | Livestream via www.hiig.de
Conserved | on www.hiig.de and YouTube
Every last Wednesday of the month our guests discuss 'questions regarding the networked present'. In our talk series, we shed light on network phenomena, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of technical changes and provide food for thought. Share your opinion before, during and after the show directly on our website, via social media or by postcard. The Digitaler Salon is organized by the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society and produced by Kooperative Berlin.
