summary: In this chapter wrote by Jill Walker Rettberg she begins sharing about an art exhibit she visited called “lifeloggers”. In the exhibit the artist were recording themselves with film over the course of 15 years. She gives an examples of how take certain pictures and post them or keep it to ourselves. While she explains that we get to choose our profile picture that represent our personal image to the public. Through out the chapter she gives detailed internet users examples. One of them would be of the two YouTube that did similar photos time laps on. While one male followed the previous you tuber they had different comments while one side was more successful.
Main ideas and key terms
selfie-
a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and shared via social media.
time lapse videos- photography is a technique whereby the frequency at which film frames are captured is much more spread out than the frequency used to view the sequence. When played at normal speed, time appears to be moving faster and thus lapsing.
profile pictures- image that represents a social media account in all its interactions across a platform.
icon- is an image that represents an application, a capability, or some other concept or specific entity with meaning to the user.
automatic portraits- resulting photos that often look very similar to today’s digital selfies.
photobooth-
is a vending machine or modern kiosk that contains an automated, usually coin-operated, camera and film processor (example of automatic portraits.
Connections- I could relate to some of the example that the author had laid out in certain sections. One of them would be the two YouTube that had similar videos. While one side was more accepting of the video and less criticism. She added one or two comments that were posted on the videos. In those comments it just made just be like huh no matter what people do they will find a way to dislike or find something not amusing to them. One of the comments were about race and usually its always about race and religious beliefs that made those comments. (‘Lol she’s asian so she looked the same for the whole thing’) comments like these are why i believe we take a lot of pictures that feel right or is accepted to the general crowd. But i think all that stuff is pointless just live your life don’t waste it entertaining others and trying to feel accepted by everyone.
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