scholarly journals Vandalism as Symbolic Reparation

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-38
Author(s):  
Ileana L. Selejan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Visual Content ◽  
Vast Amount ◽  
Video Documentation ◽  
Multisensory Environment ◽  
Photographic Imagery

The 2018 anti-government protests in Nicaragua generated a vast amount of photographic imagery, video documentation, and visual graphics. On the street and via social media, everyday citizens engaged with this material, activating a multisensory environment. The production of visual content was nonetheless accompanied by iconoclastic gestures; vandalism became a means of reclaiming Nicaragua’s revolutionary past and its symbols, while deploying them towards the making of a yet to be imagined political future. Drawing on examples from Chile and Mexico, the article argues that acts of vandalism may be understood as symbolically reparative. The materiality of the protests, manifested through image, trace, gesture, and sound (slogans, chants, noise) becomes a means towards analysing, ethnographically, revolutionary imaginaries caught within the flux of an unsettled present.

scholarly journals Framing of visual content shown on popular social media may affect viewers’ attitudes to threatened species

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Ballejo ◽  
Pablo Ignacio Plaza ◽  
Sergio Agustín Lambertucci
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Threatened Species ◽  
Social Medium ◽  
Visual Content ◽  
Wildlife Species ◽  
Mammalian Predators ◽  
Negative Comments ◽  
Over Time ◽  
The Way

AbstractContent published on social media may affect user’s attitudes toward wildlife species. We evaluated viewers’ responses to videos published on a popular social medium, focusing particularly on how the content was framed (i.e., the way an issue is conveyed to transmit a certain meaning). We analyzed videos posted on YouTube that showed vultures interacting with livestock. The videos were negatively or positively framed, and we evaluated viewers’ opinions of these birds through the comments posted. We also analyzed negatively framed videos of mammalian predators interacting with livestock, to evaluate whether comments on this content were similar to those on vultures. We found that the framing of the information influenced the tone of the comments. Videos showing farmers talking about their livestock losses were more likely to provoke negative comments than videos not including farmer testimonies. The probability of negative comments being posted on videos about vultures was higher than for mammalian predators. Finally, negatively framed videos on vultures had more views over time than positive ones. Our results call for caution in the presentation of wildlife species online, and highlight the need for regulations to prevent the spread of misinformed videos that could magnify existing human-wildlife conflicts.

Suggesting text alternatives for images in social media

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Letícia Seixas Pereira ◽  
João Guerreiro ◽  
André Rodrigues ◽  
André Santos ◽  
João Vicente ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Shared Responsibility ◽  
User Generated Content ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Android Application ◽  
Image Description ◽  
Visual Content ◽  
Considerable Part ◽  
The Web

Image description has been a recurrent topic on web accessibility over the years. With the increased use of social networks, this discussion is even more relevant. Social networks are responsible for a considerable part of the images available on the web. In this context, users are not only consuming visual content but also creating it. Due to this shared responsibility of providing accessible content, major platforms must go beyond accessible interfaces. Additional resources must also be available to support users in creating accessible content. Although many of today's services already support accessible media content authoring, current efforts still fail to properly integrate and guide their users through the authoring process. One of the consequences is that many users are still unaware of what an image description is, how to provide it, and why it is necessary. We present SONAAR, a project that aims to improve the accessibility of user-generated content on social networks. Our approach is to support the authoring and consumption of accessible social media content. Our prototypes currently focus on Twitter and Facebook and are available as an Android application and as a Chrome extension.

scholarly journals Strategy Pemanfaatan Instagram Sebagai Media Komunikasi Dan Penjualan Fashion Muslim Online (Studi Deskriptif Kualitatif Akun Instagram @zilohijab)

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-175
Author(s):  
Gan Gan Giantika
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Research Method ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Community Building ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Visual Content ◽  
The Public ◽  
Media Communications ◽  
New Phase ◽  
Visual Power

 The digital age makes communication enter a new phase. The widespread use of gadgets nowadays, making activities through gadgets more often done. New technology is increasingly advanced, the internet is increasingly easy to access, more applications and social media to communicateare also increasingly diverse. One service product that was born thanks to internet acces is social network, namely Instagram. Instagram is a social media that has visual power. With this power, many individuals and companies use it to attract the attention of the public, one of them is the @zilohijab Instagram account. This study wants to reveal the use of Instagram as a means of communication an sales of Muslim fashion on the Instagram account @zilohijab. The method used by researchers in this study is a descriptive qualitative research method. In the discussion of this study resulted in several strategies used by @zilohijab in planning the content of messages on his Instagram account including Instagram @zilohijab with the concept of Trusted Muslim Fashions used as a teaser, approaching through community building, working with influencers to produce content and product curation, as well as designing story to strengthen visual content with an emotionless strategy. The conclusion in this study is that the strategy designed by @zilohijab has been carried out to the maximum because the strategy is based on the concept and character. Keywords : Strategy, Instagram, Media Communications, Sales 

scholarly journals Framing of visual content shown on popular social media can affect viewers’ attitudes to threatened species

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Ballejo ◽  
Pablo Plaza ◽  
Sergio Agustín Lambertucci
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Threatened Species ◽  
Social Medium ◽  
Visual Content ◽  
Wildlife Species ◽  
Mammalian Predators ◽  
Negative Comments ◽  
Over Time ◽  
The Way

Abstract Content published on social media may affect user’s attitudes toward wildlife species. We evaluated viewers’ responses to videos published on a popular social medium, focusing particularly on how the content was framed (i.e., the way an issue is conveyed to transmit a certain meaning). We analyzed videos posted on YouTube that showed vultures interacting with livestock. The videos were negatively or positively framed, and we evaluated viewers’ opinions of these birds through the comments posted. We also analyzed negatively framed videos of mammalian predators interacting with livestock, to evaluate whether comments on this content were similar to those on vultures. We found that the framing of the information influenced the tone of the comments. Videos showing farmers talking about their livestock losses were more likely to provoke negative comments than videos not including farmer testimonies. The probability of negative comments being posted on videos about vultures was higher than for mammalian predators. Finally, negatively framed videos on vultures had more views over time than positive ones. Our results call for caution in the presentation of wildlife species online, and highlight the need for regulations to be established to prevent the spread of misinformed videos that could magnify existing human-wildlife conflicts.

scholarly journals Between Bullshit and Faketuality

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Pilipets
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
News Media ◽  
Search Engines ◽  
Online News ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
Visual Content ◽  
Viral Spread ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Digital Methods ◽  
Media Environments

This paper explores the anomalous role that today’s social media environments play in the dynamics of affective amplification through viral visual content. Affected by the post 9/11 logic of media securitization, the circulation of manipulated images and internet memes has created an atmosphere of controversial sentiments and irrational facts. The prevalent experience of disorientation that perpetuates itself in these relations feeds on the everyday micro-anticipations of claim and counterclaim, making the double binary of fact and fiction, source and adaptation impossible to sustain. Against this background, the discussion will focus on how the viral spread of one particular image during the refugee crisis has contributed to the emergence of the issue of ‘terrorist refugees’. Exploring the infrastructures of media alert behind this issue, I address the re- and premediating forces at play in the circulation of the image as faketual. Rather than relying on the availability of valid sources, networked formations of faketuality feel true even they are known to be fabricated. I develop this argument by adapting digital methods to reflect on the shifts in controversial relations of relevance/visibility as they unfold through our everyday encounters with search engines, online news media, and social platforms.

scholarly journals Self-harm and social media: thematic analysis of images posted on three social media sites

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. e027006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Shanahan ◽  
Cathy Brennan ◽  
Allan House
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Female Body ◽  
Explicit Representation ◽  
Visual Content ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
Self Harm

ObjectivesTo explore the nature of images tagged as self-harm on popular social media sites and what this might tell us about how these sites are used.DesignA visual content and thematic analysis of a sample of 602 images captured from Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.ResultsOver half the images tagged as self-harm had no explicit representation of self-harm. Where there was explicit representation, self-injury was the most common; none of these portrayed images of graphic or shocking self-injury. None of the images we captured specifically encouraged self-harm or suicide and there was no image that could be construed as sensationalising self-harm.Four themes were found across the images: communicating distress, addiction and recovery, gender and the female body, identity and belonging.ConclusionsFindings suggest that clinicians should not be overly anxious about what is being posted on social media. Although we found a very few posts suggesting self-injury was attractive, there were no posts that could be viewed as actively encouraging others to self-harm. Rather, the sites were being used to express difficult emotions in a variety of creative ways, offering inspiration to others through the form of texts or shared messages about recovery.

Spanish Museum Policies Through Social Media to Enhance Communication With the Stakeholders

2021 ◽  
pp. 1556-1579
Author(s):  
Juana Alonso-Cañadas ◽  
Federico Galán-Valdivieso ◽  
Laura Saraite-Sariene ◽  
Maria del Carmen Caba-Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Direct Observation ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
Visual Content ◽  
Science Museums ◽  
Online Engagement ◽  
The Social

The main aim of this chapter is to describe the current status of participation and commitment of stakeholders in museums and cultural institutions through social networks. The study and analysis were developed following a quantitative methodology to calculate an index of online engagement through direct observation of data from the social network Facebook. Results show low levels of engagement, being most of interactions carried out through “like” and “share” actions, with few comments. It has been also detected that science museums lead in popularity, thematic museums are more prone to comments, and virality stands out in monuments. Likewise, the publication of posts containing audio-visual content are more frequent, and its publication is usually carried out during the week and in the morning.

Curating a Culture: The Portrayal of Disability Stereotypes by Paralympians on Instagram

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Fallon R. Mitchell ◽  
Paula M. van Wyk ◽  
Sara Santarossa
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Visual Content ◽  
Physical Competence ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Content Analyses ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Sport And Exercise

Through user-generated posts on Instagram, Paralympians’ self-presentation may mitigate stereotypes associated with disability, counteracting negative assumptions. Using content analyses and paired t tests, visual content posted by Paralympians was examined for the portrayal of disability stereotypes. Compared with the social media content of able-bodied athletes, which typically focus on personal and lifestyle aspects, the majority of the Paralympians’ visual content depicted them engaged in sport or fitness-related activities. By posting content that depicts physical competence and elite abilities, Paralympians may change the narrative to promote the capabilities of athletes with a disability. Through the portrayal of sport and exercise engagement on social media platforms, these Paralympians are potentially mitigating disability stereotypes with the intent to curate a culture that is more accepting and inclusive.

Selfie-marketing: exploring narcissism and self-concept in visual user-generated content on social media

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexa K. Fox ◽  
Todd J. Bacile ◽  
Chinintorn Nakhata ◽  
Aleshia Weible
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
User Generated Content ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Visual Content ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Content Sharing ◽  
Grounded Theory Method ◽  
Research Propositions

Purpose The present research aims to examine selfie-marketing from a consumer behavior perspective. Creating and sharing selfies are gaining popularity among millennials. The authors seek to understand how this popularity relates to classic research on narcissism and self-concept and to determine the effectiveness of selfie-marketing in visual user-generated content. Design/methodology/approach A mixed methods approach is used across two studies. Study 1’s qualitative exploration uses the grounded theory method by analyzing semi-structured interviews with millennials. The findings produce three research propositions. These propositions are further developed into testable hypotheses in Study 2’s quantitative investigation, featuring analysis of the variance of online survey data collected from millennials. Findings The findings suggest that narcissism positively relates to millennials’ attitudes toward and intent to participate in selfie-marketing on visual content-sharing apps. Results also demonstrate that millennials seek to use selfies to present their self-concepts differently in various visual content-sharing environments. Originality/value The present research is among the first to focus on the importance of self-presentation and narcissism in regard to consumers’ attitudes and behavioral responses toward selfie-marketing. For marketers, this underscores the importance of understanding the unique nature of user-generated visual content on social media.

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