‘Everybody needs to post a selfie every once in a while’: exploring the politics of Instagram curation in young women’s self-representational practices

Caldeira, Sofia P.; Bauwel, Sofie Van; Ridder, Sander De

doi:10.1080/1369118x.2020.1776371

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“…We found that Instagram may provide a source of individual empowerment (Caldeira et al 2020), and also in terms of religious belonging. Most of our interviewees created religious bubbles with content that affirms their religious identity and personal interests in an increasingly secular world.…”

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“…Aside from staying in touch with friends, the most common motivation to use Instagram was to get some distraction, kill time, or know what others were doing, yet also to read the news and stay up to date. While we will not discuss the question of how users produce content in much detail, it should be noted that most participants were conscious about their appearance online, and carefully curated their own content (Caldeira et al 2020;Yau and Reich 2019).…”

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“…As part of their online experience, users are confronted with "worldviews, beliefs, and religious ideas" (McClure 2017, p. 494) that encourage them to broaden their perspective. Some argue that social media platforms empower their users by "giving [users] agency over the construction of their own images" and helping them "to disrupt hierarchies that have long defined who is considered worthy of public visibility" (Caldeira et al 2020(Caldeira et al , p. 1074. This is even true when users do not actively engage in producing content, as passive consumption can also have positive effects on users (Rieger and Klimmt 2019;Pirker 2018).…”

Section: Superdiverse Bubbles and Religious Belonging Onlinementioning

confidence: 99%

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Religious “Bubbles” in a Superdiverse Digital Landscape? Research with Religious Youth on Instagram

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Religious activities are no longer confined to local religious communities, but are increasingly taking place online. In that regard, social media is of particular importance for young believers that connect with their peers via platforms such as Instagram. There are conflicting views on the functioning of social media platforms: they are either conceptualized as superdiverse spaces, in which social boundaries can be overcome, or as resulting in separate bubbles that foster exclusive exchanges between like-minded people sharing certain characteristics, including religious affiliation. This article assesses online religious activities based on qualitative research involving 41 young, urban, religious Instagram users of different faiths. We demonstrate how young believers’ interactions on social media produce thematically bound content bubbles that are considerably homogeneous when it comes to religion, but superdiverse in other areas. Religious activities online often have an affirmative effect on religious belonging. This is especially true for young people that perceive themselves in a minority position and search for like-minded people online. We have found that religious content bubbles are clustered around religious traditions. Interreligious exchange (e.g., between Christians and Sikhs) is largely absent, whereas intrareligious boundaries (e.g., between Lutherans, Catholics, and Pentecostals) become blurred. This suggests that differences within religious traditions are losing significance in a digitalized world, while interreligious boundaries remain.

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Section: Superdiverse Bubbles and Religious Belonging Onlinementioning

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“…Sie kultivieren die Netzwerke eigenständig mithilfe ihres Contents und ihrer Selbstrepräsentationstechniken (vgl. Caldeira et al 2020;Ruiz-Gomez 2019, S. 15) und nehmen entsprechend zentrale Positionen ein. Die Netzwerke sind zwar größer als die der meisten Social-Media-Nutzer:innen, allerdings ist der Erfolg von PSMI nicht allein von der Netzwerkgröße abhängig.…”

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Politische Social-Media-Influencer als Meinungsführer?

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2021

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ZusammenfassungIm Zuge der Digitalisierung finden große Teile der Meinungsbildung heute in Netzwerken statt, in denen Angebote neuer Kommunikator:innen neben die Berichterstattung professioneller Journalist:innen treten. Der Artikel widmet sich einem Typ dieser neuen reichweitenstarken Akteure der politischen Öffentlichkeit, der zwar gesellschaftlich viel Aufmerksamkeit auf sich zieht, in der politischen Kommunikationsforschung aber noch weitgehend unbekannt ist: politischen Social-Media-Influencer:innen (im Folgenden PSMI). Ziel des Beitrages ist es, theoretische Annahmen über PSMI zu treffen, um sie empirischer Forschung zugänglicher zu machen. Dafür werden PSMI auf Grundlage einer systematischen Literaturanalyse erstmalig definiert und ihre Eigenschaften mit jenen von politischen Meinungsführern verglichen. Die Analyse zeigt in konzeptionell-theoretischer Hinsicht, dass die Kommunikationsrolle von PSMI als Weiterentwicklung von Meinungsführerschaft beschrieben werden kann, hin zu einer Form von mediatisierter, (semi-)professioneller und öffentlicher Kommunikation, die auf strategischer Selbstinszenierung beruht. Mithilfe des Meinungsführerkonzepts lassen sich erste Annahmen formulieren, die mit Befragungen und Inhaltsanalysen empirisch überprüft werden sollten, um die Bedeutung von PSMI in der politischen Öffentlichkeit differenzierter bestimmen zu können.

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“…Influencers' market reach and public presentation are shrouded in broader debates surrounding social media and its inclusive potential (Cunningham & Craig, 2019;Duffy, 2015;Marwick, 2013;Pham, 2015;Turner, 2004Turner, , 2006Vraga, 2019). These debates draw our attention to a homogeneous set of largely White and well-followed influencers who are known to posture themselves in nearly identical ways across Instagram's explore page (Caldeira et al, 2020;Morency, 2020). 1 As Jia Tolentino (2019) of The New Yorker observed, the "aesthetic language" that influencers traffic is one of "sameness," with a host of "professionally beautiful" and hegemonically attractive users routinely mirroring one another's look and appearance.…”

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“It’s All About the Look”: Making Sense of Appearance, Attractiveness, and Authenticity Online

Foster

2022

Social Media + Society

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Existing research on Instagram suggests that the mobile application is dominated by a cast of hegemonically attractive influencers. But calls for greater diversity and inclusion are on the rise, raising important questions about how social media influencers and the industry personnel who support them understand diversity and negotiate appearance ideals. Drawing on 40 interviews with influencers and industry personnel as well as a year of online observation, I find that hegemonic ideals surrounding appearance and attractiveness continue to shape who is (and isn’t) perceived as worthy of visibility online. Industry personnel and influencers alike share that these ideals play an important role in cultivating a following on social media but remain convinced that change is underway. Emphasizing the importance of influencers’ relatability and perceived authenticity, influencers, agents, and brand representatives shift focus away from broader issues surrounding the platform including the role that industry personnel play in moderating and constraining opportunities for diversity online.

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‘Everybody needs to post a selfie every once in a while’: exploring the politics of Instagram curation in young women’s self-representational practices

Cited by 23 publications

References 26 publications

Religious “Bubbles” in a Superdiverse Digital Landscape? Research with Religious Youth on Instagram

Religious “Bubbles” in a Superdiverse Digital Landscape? Research with Religious Youth on Instagram

Politische Social-Media-Influencer als Meinungsführer?

“It’s All About the Look”: Making Sense of Appearance, Attractiveness, and Authenticity Online

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