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Instagram sets unattainable standards for it’s users.

Amy Meacham24 Comments

Instagram is a powerful social media application, with its growing popularity since its release in 2010, we have seen it develop from a basic photo sharing application to one of the most used social media platforms of this decade. With celebrities and social media influencers using Instagram as a platform to connect with their fans and create a community among them, it is often a place of positivity with a strong sense of belonging. With body positivity being a strong focus in the last few years Read more […]

Communities and Social Media

Hey Siri, Play ‘Come Together’ by ‘The Beatles’; How Social Media has Helped to Unite People Globally

Kelsey Gill16 Comments

Gill_20187653_Conference-Paper_A1-FINALDownload This paper explores how contemporary technologies have allowed for and encouraged people to be whole-heartedly themselves, whilst globally uniting people and communities in the process. While acknowledging valid concerns around potential harmful consequences of social media, this study dissects the critical uses of social media in self-expression within online communities. Important discussion of current controversial topics are addressed in relation Read more […]

Identity and Online Advocacy

How the ‘misconception of perfection’ by Instagram Influencers encourages impressionable followers to purchase endorsed products that contribute to idolised body standards.

Layla Santella24 Comments

“Beauty Influencers use Instagram as a social platform to share edited photos of their flawless online persona to stand-out within the attention economy and endorse products, whilst simultaneously and unknowingly contributing to mental health issues to impressionable adolescents.” This paper discusses how influencers as an online community create fictional personas and identities in an attempt to appear marketable to brands through their self-proclaimed aesthetic. Once they begin to stand-out Read more […]

Identity and Online Advocacy

Instagram Influencers and their Complicated Relationship with Fast Fashion – James von Kelaita

James Von Kelaita15 Comments

Fashion has not always been as readily accessible as it is today, the once exclusive hobby for the rich and talented has now become an interest of many people across all market sectors. The trends set and enjoyed by these fashion leaders have now become highly accessible and affordable to obtain. This democratisation of fashion can be attributed to many factors including the rise of the internet blogger and in recent years, Instagram influencers and their ability to create branding so strong that Read more […]

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Instagram, depression and adolescents. An examination into how these correlate in a positive light.

Grace Hirte36 Comments

Abstract This paper will investigate how online communities create a safe space for users with mental health issues to feel connected. Instagram, in particular, has been shown to lower levels of depression as it fosters a community that endorses a sense of belonging. These communities create a sense of support through a third space which is more accessible and less daunting for users than the traditional forms of ‘support’. Online communities are an environment for users that enables them Read more […]

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From New York streets to Instagram community: The chronicles of body positivism movement of curvy women and its transition to social media

Ruby Vanessa Nancy Cadressen Hurree47 Comments

Conference Paper Full PDF version by Ruby Cadressen Download Abstract This paper will analyze the shift of the curvy women community to Instagram. The social media platform has been promoting body positivity of curvy women by breaking down the beauty standards imposed by the West. For the conference purposes, this paper will provide a brief background history of Body positivism of curvy women, its transition to join Instagram, but focusing mainly on social media hashtags especially #effyourbeautystandards Read more […]

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The role of social media: Improving content sharing and communication between teachers and students

Matthew Ifkovich18 Comments

ConferencePaper_MattIfkovichDownload Since the introduction of Web 2.0, the potential to network, share content and communicate with others has improved greatly. In the education industry prior to social media, the potential to network and communicate with others was far less. Teachers and students have used social media as a third-place to share content and communicate with one another. Being able to network globally with anyone almost instantly is something that is truly remarkable. To demonstrate Read more […]

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Beauty Influencers, Marketing, Advertising on Social Media and Authorial Identity

Emma Auge19 Comments

CONFERENCEPAPERAUGEpdfDownload Abstract: This paper will deal with the understanding of beauty influencers on social media platforms, primarily Instagram, and how the concept of an influencer has become a marketable asset for beauty brands in the promotion of their products. We will analyse the way that influencers interact with their following to create trustworthy bonds between follower and influencer. The way in which an influencers authorial identity and performative identity is represented Read more […]

Identity and Online Advocacy

#StopAsianHate: Facebook and Instagram aid in advocacy and the development of Asian identity

Terina Litchfield21 Comments

ConferencePaper_TerinaLitchfieldDownload Abstract: Social networking sites have evolved the way individuals can perform their identities and participate in online advocacy. This conference paper uses the #StopAsianHate movement, which was created after the rise in discriminatory actions against Asian individuals after the Covid-19 outbreak, to analyse how the affordances on Facebook and Instagram have facilitated the spread of community messages worldwide. Specifically, how these platforms Read more […]

Empowering rural and agricultural communities through social media.
Communities and Social Media

Empowering rural and agricultural communities through social media.

Laura Leyland12 Comments

DCNCXII_EmpoweringRuralCommunitiesDownload More than ever, people are beginning to realise it matters what food they put in their body. We used to know who made our food and where it came from. They were the people in our community, the farmer down the road, the local dairy, the town baker. Now, it is hard to tell what fruits and vegetables are in season, as most fresh produce is available year-round at the large supermarket chains. Education is key in knowing where your food comes from, and Read more […]

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Health and Fitness Influencers Spreading Misinformation within their Community

Amy Nguyen8 Comments

Introduction While health and fitness influencers on Instagram and YouTube promote active lifestyles and an ideal body standard through their online self-presentation, they are also accountable for spreading false information within their online communities. This paper is going to explore the online fitness community, the impacts of fitness influencers, and how misinformation on diets and workout plans spread within their community. Social media’s impact Social media has given people Read more […]

Instagram’s Fitspiration Community and its Negative Effects on Women’s Self-Esteem and Body Satisfaction
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Instagram’s Fitspiration Community and its Negative Effects on Women’s Self-Esteem and Body Satisfaction

Alicia Lyons32 Comments

Abstract This paper discusses an Instagram, a photo sharing social network, based community called Fitspiration, also known as Fitspo. The paper examines how this Fitspiration community may negatively impact women’s self-esteem and cause body dissatisfaction by promoting the thin ideals that have continued to be portrayed past traditional forms of media despite its intention to be inspiring, inclusive and to promote a healthy lifestyle with well-being in mind. It also touches on eating Read more […]

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Readers use social media to host geographically diverse book clubs

Sierra Haigh19 Comments

Readers-use-social-media-to-host-geographically-diverse-book-clubsDownload Abstract This paper explores the way in which readers are turning to a variety of social media platforms to engage in niche book clubs that are not accessible in a localised setting. It discusses the methods of using broader social media platforms to host these virtual reading circles to ­invite open, public discussion, often facilitated by social influencers. For example, Instagram connects users via a number of hashtags Read more […]

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Selling community and togetherness: Authenticity, identity, and revenue in influencer-led culture

Tim Creevey26 Comments

PDF Copy – Tim Creevey – Conference Paper – DCNC21Download Abstract This conference paper will be addressing the authenticity of online identities and communities that have been established through social media networks by influencers. I will be arguing that paid influencers and influencer culture challenge the authenticity of online communities, as social media platforms provide users with the opportunity to develop a sense of community, but the virtual community has been established to create Read more […]

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The ceramic community and Instagram: How traditional makers have embraced a digital platform for industry growth, engagement and support.

Kristen Halkett10 Comments

DCNCXII_KHalkett_paperDownload Abstract: This paper explores how ceramicists have engaged with Instagram, with discussion of the supportive networks and community engagement found on the social media platform. The paper gives context to challenges facing the contemporary Australian Craft sector, while acknowledging the resurgence of interest in the handmade amidst an era of digital innovation. Focus is given to the Australian ceramics community, and discussion on how use of the mobile app Read more […]