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Happy birthday Instagram! 5 ways doing it for the 'gram has changed us
Tomorrow marks Instagram’s tenth birthday. Having amassed more than a billion active users worldwide, the app has changed radically in that decade. And it has changed us. 1. Instagram’s evolution When it was launched on October 6, 2010 by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, Instagram was an iPhone-only app. The user could take photos (and only take photos — the app could not load existing images from the phone’s gallery) within a square frame. These could be shared, with an enhancing filter if desired.
Emoji hashtags // hashtag emoji: Of platforms, visual affect, and discursive flexibility
This paper examines the communicative functions of emoji in concert with hashtags, comparing two platform-specific approaches to combining hashtags and emoji: emoji hashtags as discursive markers on Instagram, and platform-directed hashtag emoji on Twitter. These approaches offer key insights into the dynamics between the platforms and their users, from user-led practices on Instagram to the commercial partnerships over-riding user intentionality on Twitter.
Automating the digital everyday: an introduction
This Special Issue brings together a range of social science and humanities perspectives on the relationships among automation, digital media and everyday life.
News via Voldemort: Parody accounts in topical discussions on Twitter
Parody accounts are prevalent on Twitter, offering irreverent interpretations of public figures, fictional characters and more. These accounts post comments framed within the context of their fictional universes or stereotypes of their subjects, responding in-character to topical events. This article positions parody accounts as a ritualised social media practice, an extension of fan practices and irreverent Internet culture.
Covering the election beyond our memes: what role for visual politics and social media?
Staffers for Immigration Minister Peter Dutton recently asked for an unflattering photo of him at a press conference, already posted and noticed online, to be taken down by the reporter who posted it. The response to this request didn’t go down as hoped. Instead of removing the photo, the request amplified attention. It encouraged more sharing and, especially, creative re-interpretations of Dutton. Dutton fell foul of the “Streisand effect”.
TWITTER AS A TECHNOLOGY FOR AUDIENCING AND FANDOM
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