Week 2: Stefanie Duguay
1. Watch The Video Lecture |
In this lecture, Stefanie Duguay looks at the relationship between selfies and self-imaging videos and the platforms on which these images are distributed. Importantly, she is interested in exploring how the collision of selfies and technological platforms enable or disable the visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer (LGBTQ) people. Duguay uses a theoretical framework called Actor Network Theory to look at the case study of celebrity and LGBTQ advocate Ruby Rose and her self imaging practices on two social media platforms: Instagram and Vine. What Duguay reveals is that platform elements, or mediators, can influence the conversational capacity of selfies. This lecture makes us rethink the 'passivity' of technology in shaping our actions and visual depictions of your identities.
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2. Required Readings
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3. Assignments and reflections...
1. Pick a topic related to identity or social justice that users might post about on Instagram and Vine. Find the popular hashtags about this topic on each platform (they may not be identical), and compare users’ images across platforms.
Example topics:
2. Find one of your selfies on a social media platform and assess its conversational capacity.
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