Instagram reimagined : a study on imagined communities and instagram
Since its birth in 2010, Instagram has grown into a global phenomenon. From tagging and following, to liking and commenting, Instagram is changing the way individuals interact with one another. By extending Benedict Anderson’s (1983) conceptualisation of ‘Imagined Communities’, this paper attempts t...
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| author | Teo, Aloysius |
| author2 | Sam Han |
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| description | Since its birth in 2010, Instagram has grown into a global phenomenon. From tagging and following, to liking and commenting, Instagram is changing the way individuals interact with one another. By extending Benedict Anderson’s (1983) conceptualisation of ‘Imagined Communities’, this paper attempts to investigate the extent to which the vernacular of Instagram fosters imagined communities among lifestyle-fashion users of Instagram. First, the vernacular of Instagram is outlined to provide a good understanding of how particular features within the platform work. Next, users’ experiences and activities on Instagram were gathered through a series of interviews, uncovering meanings and perspectives from the respondents. These responses are discussed alongside the three key characteristics of imagined communities, namely ‘homogenous empty time,’ ‘creole,’ and ‘decentralisation’. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/661572019-12-10T13:12:15Z Instagram reimagined : a study on imagined communities and instagram Teo, Aloysius Sam Han School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Communities, classes and races DRNTU::Social sciences::Mass media::Media studies DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social behavior Since its birth in 2010, Instagram has grown into a global phenomenon. From tagging and following, to liking and commenting, Instagram is changing the way individuals interact with one another. By extending Benedict Anderson’s (1983) conceptualisation of ‘Imagined Communities’, this paper attempts to investigate the extent to which the vernacular of Instagram fosters imagined communities among lifestyle-fashion users of Instagram. First, the vernacular of Instagram is outlined to provide a good understanding of how particular features within the platform work. Next, users’ experiences and activities on Instagram were gathered through a series of interviews, uncovering meanings and perspectives from the respondents. These responses are discussed alongside the three key characteristics of imagined communities, namely ‘homogenous empty time,’ ‘creole,’ and ‘decentralisation’. Bachelor of Arts 2016-03-14T02:05:12Z 2016-03-14T02:05:12Z 2016 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/66157 en Nanyang Technological University 35 p. application/pdf |
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| title | Instagram reimagined : a study on imagined communities and instagram |
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| title_short | Instagram reimagined : a study on imagined communities and instagram |
| title_sort | instagram reimagined a study on imagined communities and instagram |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Communities, classes and races DRNTU::Social sciences::Mass media::Media studies DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social behavior |
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