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DIGITAL SINS #2: Wut & Trägheit

Second excursion into the purgatory of social media

© Sabrina Rossetto

at Museum für Kommunikation Berlin
Tickets can be purchased on the website of MFK

Anger and inertia (as paralysed rage, disinterest, lack of empathy) – two strong emotions dominate our present, real and viral. While in the past churches tried to control excessive anger and its counterparts, today social media openly fuel the law of the Wild West with platforms dominated by revenge, retribution and vigilante justice. But the wordwide web of rage is no coincidence and is hurting everyone.

In the latest instalment of our excursions, we decode the background to ‘toxic algorithms’. We meet icons of the film western, its narratives and soundtracks and stage a fictitious trial with defendants such as Mark Zuckerberg, a specialist lawyer, expert witnesses and the audience as everyday experts and lay judges. In the end, we initiate a democratic ‘Basic Law for the Digital’ and explore a different, respectful and creative approach to social media.

WITH
Clara Helming (AgorithmWatch), Stefan Jahrling ( Medienpädagoge, Museum für Kommunikation Berlin), Katharina Mosene (Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society), Friederike Moraht (Tagespiegel Background Digitalisation & AI), Prof. Christian Solmecke (lawyer for media and IT law), Kamil Ahmad and Lisa Mader (acting), Michael Riemer (guitar and others) and the artist collective Selbstgebaute Musik.

CONCEPT AND MODERATION Bernhard Glocksin CONCEPT, SCRIPT AND SPACE Sabrina Rossetto

In cooperation with

Mit freundlicher Unterstützung von

DIGITAL SINS: EXCURSIONS INTO THE PURGATORY OF SOCIAL MEDIA AT THE MUSEUM FOR COMMUNICATION

What’s so bad about reaching for your smartphone with its posts, tweets and reels? Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn co-founder, explains: ‘Social networks are most successful when they trigger one of the seven deadly sins’. What? We want to know more about that! With experts, users, music, theatre and an enterprising audience, we’re off into the realm of knowledge. Ahead of us are audio walks, a western showdown with a court hearing and much more.

Upcoming dates
DIGITAL SINS #3: ENVY & GREED, 15/16 July 2025, 7 pm
DIGITAL SINS #4: LUST & GLUTTONY, 18/19 November 2025, 7 pm