This year’s #PeaceJam2025 theme, “The Irrational Dimensions of Pop Culture: Viral Trends, Memes, AI, and the Language of Hate,” explores how this irrationality, marked by humor, fear, outrage, and virality drives the appeal of online content, often reinforcing hate speech, disinformation, and social division.
From deepfakes and AI-generated memes to echo chambers supported by social media algorithms, we will discuss how emerging technologies are fueling a new wave of digital content that is hard to trace, emotionally manipulative, and rapidly spreading. At the same time, we highlight how AI and digital creativity can also be used for peacebuilding, education, and countering hate speech.
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