18 November 2024 to 20 November 2024 The HIVI project is coming to an end after three exciting years. Its final conference on the history of online virality will take place from 18 to 20 November 2024 at the Black Box (Maison des Sciences humaines, Belval). The theme for the conference is: Past, present and future of online virality. Thanks to our … Continued
Discover some of the most silly and impactful challenges, memes, Internet phenomena through this timeline created by Emily Griffin.
Cats are undoubtedly one of the most popular animals online. According to a CNN 2019 review, we now have access to over 6.5 billion pieces of cat media content. The interest in cats is not new to us. We may think of Ancient Egypt’s deep respect and veneration for the animal or even the Victorian … Continued
The book Online Virality, edited by Valérie Schafer and Fred Pailler within the frame of the HIVI Project (https://hivi.uni.lu), aims to focus on the many ways we may think about online virality, historicise it and analyse the circulation, reception, evolution of viral born-digital content. Virality, information circulation and content sharing always intertwine a heterogeneous arrangement of material, … Continued
Pise, octobre 2022 Les propositions de communication de 3000 signes, à l’exclusion de la bibliographie, sont attendues à l’adresse suivante : colloquepise.meme@gmail.com au plus tard le 30 juillet 2022, avec le nom, prénom et affiliation universitaire. La langue principale du colloque sera le français, mais des communications en anglais, espagnol et italien seront aussi bienvenues. L’inscription est gratuite.
by Jessica Pereira Creation Zoë Roth is a name that some might be familiar with, but “Disaster Girl” is more likely to invoke a reaction. Yet they are one and the same. The meme “Disaster Girl” is a picture of a little girl smiling devilishly into the camera in front a burning house, as if … Continued