Digital Life on Instagram: New Social Communication of Photography

235 Pages·2018·2.78 MB·English

by  Elisa Serafinelli

DIGITAL LIFE ON
INSTAGRAM
New Social Communication
of Photography
DIGITAL ACTIVISM AND SOCIETY: POLITICS,
ECONOMY AND CULTURE IN NETWORK
COMMUNICATION
The Digital Activism and Society: Politics, Economy and
Culture in Network Communication series focuses on the
politicaluseofdigitaleveryday-networkedmediabycorpora-
tions, governments, international organisations (Digital
Politics)aswell ascivil societyactors, NGOs,activists, social
movements and dissidents (Digital Activism), attempting to
recruit, organise and fund their operations, through informa-
tioncommunicationtechnologies.
The series publishes books on theories and empirical case
studies of digital politics and activism in the specific context
of communication networks. Topics covered by the series
include,butarenotlimitedto:
(cid:129) thedifferenttheoreticalandanalyticalapproachesof
politicalcommunicationindigitalnetworks;
(cid:129) studiesofsocio-politicalmediamovementsandactivism
(and‘hacktivism’);
(cid:129) transformationsofoldertopicssuchasinequality,gender,
class,power,identityandgroupbelonging;and
(cid:129) strengthsandvulnerabilitiesofsocialnetworks.
SeriesEditor
DrAthinaKaratzogianni
AbouttheSeriesEditor
Dr Athina Karatzogianni is an Associate Professor at the
UniversityofLeicester,UK.Herresearchfocusesontheinter-
sections between digital media theory and political economy
inordertostudytheuseofdigitaltechnologiesbynewsocio-
politicalformations.
DIGITAL LIFE ON
INSTAGRAM
New Social Communication
of Photography
BY
ELISA SERAFINELLI
University of Sheffield, UK
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I wish to thank Dr Athina Karatzogianni for her constant
supportandunderstanding,andformakingthispossible.
I wish to thank my mentor Prof Francesco Solitario, who
pushed me to undertake the hard but rewarding path of doc-
toral study. Without his motivating and beautiful words,
Iwouldhaveneverpursuedanacademiccareer.
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