The place of emplaced visualities
A case study of smartphone visuality and location-based social media in Shanghai, China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7509787 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L Hjorth (0000-0002-4793-3233, RMIT University, corresponding author), Kay Gu (RMIT University) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 699-713 |
| Publication date | 2012-08-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Continuum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1030-4312 • E-ISSN: 1469-3666 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10304312.2012.706459 |
| OpenAlex | W2020651223 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 15 |
As camera phones become more commonplace in the explosion of smartphones – along with new contexts for image distribution like microblogging and location-based services (LBS) – we are witnessing emergent types of visuality. In particular, through LBS such as Facebook Places we see ways in which users create new contexts for the overlay between place, ambient images, and geographic locations. While globally camera phone genres like self-portraiture have blossomed, we are also witnessing the flourishing of vernacular visualities that reflect a localized notion of place, social, and identity making practices (Lee 2009). As LBS transforms the context, and thus content, for camera phone images, there is a need to reassess the role of such visualities. Can we speak of ‘smartphone visuality’? This paper considers the shift through a case study of Jiepang users in Shanghai. As an emergent area in mobile communication, we reflect upon some of the ways it rehearses and extends earlier studies on networked visuality as well as reflecting a localized notion of mobility and place
Advertising · Aesthetics · Art · Business · Camera phone · China · Context (archaeology · Flourishing · Geography · Identity (music · Internet privacy · Media studies · Microblogging · Mobile media · Mobile phone · Multimedia · Phone · Social media · Sociology · Telecommunications · Vernacular · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology · Radio, Podcasts, and Digital Media
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Visual Representations of Indigenous Tourism Places in Social Media
Uncovering the impact of IP location display on user behavior in China's social platforms
Cyberplace
A strange familiarity? Place perceptions among the globally mobile
Have a cup of coffee
Changing ethnographic mediums
Imag(in)ing place
Civilizing social media
Rethinking Ethnography
Emplaced Cartographies
Exploring selfie practices and their geographies in the digital society
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| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,21 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |