Reflection

The critical analysis component of our website conceptualizes our interviews in the context of the class readings, as indicated in the citation component of our outline. Again, we hope to answer or at least explore how social media, and specifically...

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Video

As with our profiles, we were very intentional in selecting our subjects. The “messages” each interviewee articulates can be explained to the following: Instagram as a design platform, Instagram as personal branding and company-based representation,...

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Profiles

The primary purpose of the profile component, being written interviews, and video component, being recorded interviews, of our research is to engage with both the narrative and phenomenological understanding of Instagram as a cultural and personal force...

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About Us

photo from Meg DeMarsh's personal Instagram We, as curators of this website but also curators of our own Instagram accounts, will now engage with the platform. We will explore our own pages, critically analyzing the ways in which we create our...

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Overview

"capture and share the world's moments" In our exploration of the inherent inauthenticity or authenticity of social media, we aim to gather a series of qualitative data that explores if and how social media, as both a platform representative of a larger...

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