A timeline of Internet viral phenomena from the 1990s to today
Discover some of the most silly and impactful challenges, memes, Internet phenomena through this timeline created by Emily Griffin.
Médias sociaux en politique
Le Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) et le Réseau Alumni de l’Université du Luxembourg ont le plaisir de vous inviter à la table ronde « Médias sociaux en politique ». Des personnalités politiques, des professionnel-le-s de la communication et des scientifiques discuteront de l’utilisation et de l’impact des réseaux sociaux numériques dans … Continued
Conference Virality, platforms and influence
30 March 2023 to 31 March 2023 Black Box, Maison des Sciences humaines11, Porte des SciencesL-4366 Esch-sur-Alzette Entrée libre Within the framework of the HIVI project, related to the history of online virality and supported by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) (C20/SC/14758148), this conference, organised by Fred Pailler and Valérie Schafer (C²DH, University of Luxembourg), will analyse the role that platforms and … Continued
CfP: Book on Online Virality
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
The VIRAL seminar (season 2)
During the 2022-2023 academic year, the VIRAL seminar will continue to focus on the many ways we may think about online virality and analyse the circulation of born-digital content. The seminar will offer an interdisciplinary overview of virality, digital cultures, circulations and traces. It includes three main presentation types: analysis of corpora, methodological considerations, and … Continued
Discover a Meme (3): The Disaster Girl
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