tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-394751201869491915.post7793369457359993639..comments2023-09-12T01:00:54.512-07:00Comments on New Media Narratives : Into the Ecobiotic Milieu!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-394751201869491915.post-12877986782305485482016-03-08T12:56:10.994-08:002016-03-08T12:56:10.994-08:00References
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Ferreira, B. (2015, May 01). ...References<br />=========<br />Ferreira, B. (2015, May 01). Why We Love To Anthropomorphize Spaceships. Retrieved March 08, 2016, from http://motherboard.vice.com/read/why-we-love-to-anthropomorphize-spaceships<br /><br />Goodell, J. (2016, February 29). Inside the Artificial Intelligence Revolution: A Special Report, Pt. 1. Retrieved March 08, 2016, from http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/inside-the-artificial-intelligence-revolution-a-special-report-pt-1-20160229<br /><br />Levin, A. (2014). “The Selfie in the Age of Digital Recursion,” Invisible Culture, http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu/portfolio/theselfieintheageofdigitalrecursion/<br /><br />Miriou, C. (2014). “The Selfies: Social Identities in the Digital Age,” Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Annual Conference, Swinburne University, Victoria 911 July, 2014, http://www.anzca.net/documents/2014confpapers/796theselfiessocialidentitiesinthedigitalage/file.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-394751201869491915.post-22272662874997106162016-03-08T12:56:03.283-08:002016-03-08T12:56:03.283-08:00As an aside, and for posterity, this post started...As an aside, and for posterity, this post started out very differently, more closely attached to Levin's ideas about ecologies of Selfies as a unifying thread. It kind of went off in all directions and became… unsound. I ditched that approach and presented this watered down version (working title: "Just Answer the Damn Question!").<br /><br />In hindsight, some ideas still apply. The ecobiotic climate is fairly well covered in the above.<br /><br />The Ellen selfie was meant to evoke the ecotopic layer corresponding to the "interface-specific layer of app and website functionality" (Levin, 2014), but my argument of content-agnostic consumption as presented above more closely aligns itself to Mead's notions of 'play' and 'the game' as brought up in Miroiu (2014, p. 4). Platforms (IG, Facebook, Twitter) play the role of helpful assistant in production and distribution of content, but the real game is traffic, engagement, and competition between platforms. They don't care if you are #blacklivesmatter, #whitelivesmatter, or #alllivesmatter, so long as everyone is clicking and sharing.<br /><br />The ecotopic layer is better represented, I think, as an offshoot to the Miss Israel/Miss Lebanon pairing. These selfies, looked at side by side and wrapped by the common wrapper of IG interface, produce an utter sameness that papers over the seismic events at its core. On a personal level, these contestants probably have a lot in common. Politically, they are worlds apart. The political controversy is further subsumed by the IG wrapper and produces commonality again. Whatever their differences are -- and this event eventually led to a Ministerial investigation (!) -- they are ultimately just part of the IG universe, expressing a common identity with the audience as well as between themselves.<br /><br />If the ecotopic layer is defined by GUI and interaction, the ecoclimate is the network and the device in hand. The ready availability of the camera at hand via mobile device really distinguishes it from other forms of self-portraiture. Technology is not seen as foreign but as an extension of ourselves. As Elon Musk puts it: "We are already cyborgs. Just try turning off your phone for a while – you will understand phantom-limb syndrome." (Goodell, 2016).<br /><br />The Curiosity Rover selfie is not really a selfie -- a rover does not have the intent to take a picture of itself and share it. But the rover is instructed by engineers who, at some level, might see it as a product of their handiwork, an extension of themselves. It is human intelligence made manifest.<br /><br />As an audience, the pose is familiar. It evokes the aesthetic of selfie. That, along with our acceptance of technology as personal, helps us to anthropomorphize it (http://motherboard.vice.com/read/why-we-love-to-anthropomorphize-spaceships). We see pictures like the Curiosity Rover 'selfie' and it sparks our imagination. We look upon it and think "This is us. We are are there". As a species, we are facing unprecedented challenges that threaten our existence (climate change). Perhaps it is through fostering a global identity that we might stand up to the challenge?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-394751201869491915.post-43693886608975659412016-03-07T17:21:19.659-08:002016-03-07T17:21:19.659-08:00Thanks!
I think you're right about timers. As...Thanks!<br /><br />I think you're right about timers. As a user of timers myself, it feels quite different from a selfie. You have to set up the shot (you are absent from the frame), click the timer, run in place, wait for when *it* clicks, run back, and see what you got.<br /><br />In contrast, immediacy and control figure prominently in selfies. There is a real-time 'dance' in trying to frame your idealized self in a particular context and when you feel it, you jump on it with the capture. That's the biggest distinction between timer and live. After that, you still control which image of several might make it to social media to control your public image. <br /><br />Ironically, that's where you lose control. Once posted, the power shifts to the audience. They may choose to consume your image as-is, or they may re-interpret it as they see fit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-394751201869491915.post-64573267465813799332016-03-07T12:15:13.736-08:002016-03-07T12:15:13.736-08:00Mark, well done. I look forward to reading your po...Mark, well done. I look forward to reading your posts because you have an incredible ability to both distill and advance the work we are doing in this class. I loved the photo you chose of Colin Powell and the connection you feel he is trying to make to a younger generation. I have also been thinking about camera timers, we used to take photos using them all the time. Distribution aside, is the difference with the selfie that one does not get to edit? Verify the moment you want to show has been properly captured? It used to be more of a logistical/technical need to use a camera in that way. I'd be interested in your thoughts on this. <br /><br />Your take on the selfie's two sides: "used as an instrument to share of oneself (authentic, vulnerable, complex, human) or as a mechanism to facilitate the consumption of oneself (infinitely replicable on-demand self-promotion)," is so succinct. Having done my assignment on Kim Kardashian West, I constantly felt like she only used it as a mechanism to "facilitate the consumption of oneself." I secretly wonder if she has an account with her authentic selfies, or if her authentic self is the one we see, she is always selling and sleeps in her makeup.<br /><br />I wonder if you are a celebrity/famous/selling something, can you ever have a selfie just to share? Where is the line between sharing and giving for consumption? <br /><br />You have definitely given me even more food for thought, thank you. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com