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- Title
The smooth life: Instagram as a platform of control.
- Authors
FISHER, TABITHA
- Abstract
In this article, I will focus primarily on how Instagram has been used as a means of public control by rewarding the continuous projection of a relentlessly positive self-image. Furthermore, the article will discuss the performative nature of the Instagram platform and how it facilitates the subjugation of women by creating a flirty-and-fun frictionless space that turns their bodies, thoughts and feelings into commodities. Left unchecked, smooth platforms like Instagram provide a distraction that delays society's dealings with the present. To conclude this article will present a selection of Instagram artists whose projects encourage us to think critically about the smooth as a demonstration of how women might combat this force of nature.
- Subjects
INSTAGRAM (Web resource); POSTHUMANISM; SELF-perception; GRAPHICAL user interfaces; CYBERNETICS
- Publication
Virtual Creativity, 2020, Vol 10, Issue 1, p93
- ISSN
2397-9704
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1386/vcr_00022_7