SCLG2629 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Attention Economy, Public Culture, Celebrity Culture
29 Oct 2018
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Outline the differences between seeing selfie as somehow pathological, and seeing them as empowering or manifestations of current social and cultural forms. Explain the idea of grabbing" in relation to selfies, as well as how it relates to your own experience. Week 5 a sociology of the selfie. Marwick, alice (2015) "instafame: luxury selfies in the attention economy", public culture , 27(1): In what ways do selfie shots complement/resist the images being portrayed. Rojek"s (cited in reader) term celetoid refers to any form of compressed, concentrated or attributed celebrity. Senft (2015) argued that self-projection practises using mediums like youtube and webcam constitute a particular kind of celebrity production processes that allows people to amp up their popularity. For example an actor in the recent television series crazy rich asians, awkwafina gained internet sensation with her music video my vag and her own web-series called tawk.
