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1 online resource (247 p.) |
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Routledge Advances in Sociology Ser |
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Routledge Advances in Sociology Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Part I Defining and Theorizing Selfie Practice -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- A Process-Project-Process -- The Digital-Forensic Gaze -- Overview of Chapters -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 Mechanics: Method and Analysis -- Introduction -- Theoretical Underpinnings: Dwelling Between "Posts" -- Theoretical Touchstones -- Unfolding Methodological Practice -- Phase 1 -- Phase 2 -- Phase 3 -- What We Do When We "Code" -- Repetition as Intensification |
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Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 3 This Is Not a Like: Selfies as Social Practice -- Introduction -- Desire and Liking -- Instagram: When "Liking" Is Obscured -- Tracking Likes Or "Looking at Looking" -- Ruptures in Liking -- Verified: Legitimation Processes -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 "Do I Look Like My Selfie?" Filters and the Digital-Forensic Gaze -- Introduction -- Filters, Faces, Power -- Theoretical Frame: Looking/Gender/Selfies -- Theories of the Gaze, the Forensic Eye, and the Digital-Forensic Gaze -- Discussion and Analysis: Authenticity/Gender/Trying Too Hard |
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Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Part II Affect and Gender -- Chapter 5 Becoming Digital She-Objects: From the Double To... -- Introduction -- Beyond Doubling -- Visibility Qua Empowerment -- Is She Pretty? -- Instagrind: The Exhaustion of Repetition -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 Soft Boys, Chads, and Fuckboys: Performing Selfie Masculinities -- Introduction -- Theorizing Masculinities -- Performative Irony -- Arms, Abs, and Jawlines -- Filters, Fuckboys, and Chads -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7 As-If Happy: The "Forced Positive" and Post(ing)-Fun -- Introduction |
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Beautiful Is the New Happy: Platform Ecologies -- Post(ing)-Fun -- Looking Good/Feeling Good? -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III Digital Constraints and Contexts -- Chapter 8 "Saturatedly Perfect": Staring Down the Hegemonic Gaze -- Introduction -- "Saturatedly Perfect" -- Modeling Through Advice Literature Under a Hegemonic Gaze -- "Perfect Enough to Post" -- Background, Lighting, Angles, and Filters: How to Be Genuine -- You Must Smile -- Conclusion: Living in Post-Production -- References -- Chapter 9 Hashtags and the Optics of Optimization -- Introduction |
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Studying Sociality Through Focus Group Discussions -- Dissonance With Academic Hashtag Literature -- Seeing Through an Optics of Optimization -- "I Hate Hashtags, I Hate Captions" -- Why Does Branding Get a Pass? -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10 Algorithmic Sociality: It's Not a Bug It's a Feature -- Introduction -- Framing Our Thinking: There Is No Neutral -- The Algorithm: A Sociotechnical Mediation Straightjacket -- Fostering Triangulation: "They Feed You Stuff" -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11 Conclusion: Selfies and the Ends of Photography |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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Process Centered Research as a Way to Encounter the Question |
| Subject |
Selfies (Photography) -- Psychological aspects
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Internet users -- Psychology
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Online identities.
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Social psychology.
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social psychology.
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Online identities
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Social psychology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lavrence, Christine
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| ISBN |
9780429582158 |
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0429582153 |
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