MIT Humor Series: Nathan Zed (YouTube and Vine star) in conversation with Jonny Sun and Kishonna Gray, on black cultural production online.

Date: 
Monday, May 15, 2017 - 17:00 to 18:30

YouTube, Vine, Twitter and Snapchat star Nathan Zed (@nathanzed) speaks with Twitter comedian Jonny Sun (@jonnysun) and Kishonna Gray. On black cultural production online. Representation online and in media. Creating black culture. Influencing hip hop culture. Online comedy post-Ferguson and post-Trump. Race and representation across online platforms.

This talk generously funded by the MIT De Florez Fund for Humor, in association with the MIT Media Lab's MIT Center for Civic Media, and co-sponsored by the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.

Presented by

Nathan Zed (YouTube and Twitter star), Kishonna Gray, Jonny Sun
Location: E14-633 — MIT Media Lab. 6th floor lecture hall, E14-633.

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