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The aesthetics of Instagram: Exploring the aesthetics of visual and semantic aspects of Instagram
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Abstract The article presents the results of an aesthetic study of content and visual forms on Instagram, a relatively new social media platform. The study focuses on how the products of digital technology, understood as new artifacts within the postmodern aesthetic framework, have been taken up within the d... view more
The article presents the results of an aesthetic study of content and visual forms on Instagram, a relatively new social media platform. The study focuses on how the products of digital technology, understood as new artifacts within the postmodern aesthetic framework, have been taken up within the digital culture. The results of the research help us to understand the characteristics of this new social media platform, indicating that Instagram has been highly successful in changing aesthetic criteria and standards and creating new aesthetic forms and content.... view less
Keywords
aesthetics; visual perception; nostalgia; social media; Internet
Classification
Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature
Interactive, electronic Media
Free Keywords
filtering; Instagram; iPhoneography
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 59-78
Journal
Journal of Cyberspace Studies, 5 (2021) 1
ISSN
2588-5502
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed