Report: Fear and Loathing of the Online Self, Rome

By Inte Gloerich, June 1, 2017

This post was written by Nicola Bozzi, and first appeared on 31 May 2017 on Schiz🙃cities. I have been to a few INC conferences in my Amsterdam years, so when they announced they were tackling online identity this time I just had to go. Organized in collaboration with John Cabot University and Roma Tre, Fear [...]

Profiling and selling identities

By Inte Gloerich, May 31, 2017

What is happening just around us? Written by: Fabiola Fortuna Are we all web stars? It’s quite interesting to analyze the profile of YouTubers: people who consciously decide to share pieces of their lives – choosing carefully the way to do it, how many things to say, etc. – with their audience, which is often [...]

Artistic Practices of the Online Self

By Inte Gloerich, May 29, 2017

By: Fabiola Fortuna 23 May 2017, Roma Tre University Two artists are ready to start their talks. One of them is standing in front of a bookstand, with – instead of a book – a smartphone and a tablet upon it. Behind her, videos and pictures are playing on a big screen. The last session [...]

Perspectives on self-representation in our new Print on Demand

By Leonieke van Dipten, May 23, 2017

We are proud to present the book of Ana Peraica: Culture of the Selfie, Self-Representation in Contemporary Visual Culture. Download Culture of the Selfie here. By Bella Calabretta Despite not defining herself as a photographer, the author was raised in a studio, in direct contact with visual practices in the pre-smartphone era. This ambience has [...]

Three Conversations to Deconstruct the Social Media Stage

By Inte Gloerich, May 19, 2017

Written by: Camilla Palermo “Hey, what are you up to?” “Me? Nothing special, just reading Visual Thinking by Rudolph Arnheim. You know, the German art historian? It is indeed a very interesting work.” What is fascinating about this excerpt from this outwardly pretentious – because, “you know”, why should one know who Arnheim is? – [...]

Interview with Jodi Dean on Democracy and Neoliberalism

By Inte Gloerich, May 17, 2017

Written by: Tamara Volozhanina Jodi Dean is a political scientist focused on Marxism, psychoanalysis, post-structuralism, and postmodernism and the co-editor of the journal Theory & Event. She has made contributions to contemporary political theory, media theory, and feminist theory, most notably with her theory of communicative capitalism; the online merging of democracy and capitalism into a single neoliberal formation that subverts the [...]

The Dark Side of YouTube: Cyberbullying 101

By Inte Gloerich, May 17, 2017

Written by: Elena Falsini Lights, camera, action… And a Google account. You could be anyone; someone, no one, but it’s the same for everyone: these are all things you need to be part of the most popular video-sharing platform in the world, YouTube. YouTube. What springs to mind? Beauty gurus, ardent online gamers, official music [...]

Monetizing Pictures on Instagram

By Inte Gloerich, May 16, 2017

Written by: Giulia Massi Since its creation in 2010, Instagram is undoubtedly one of the most widely used social network platforms for people who like to share pictures online and also for those who work in marketing. But is it possible to earn hundreds of dollars only by posting a picture? And if so, how? [...]

Flyers Fear and Loathing of the Online Self out now

By Inte Gloerich, May 15, 2017

What makes a Romanian Fashion Blogger?

By Inte Gloerich, May 11, 2017

A quantitative research analysis by Monica Ioana Lungeanu This qualitative content research project looks at the behavior of Romanian fashion bloggers on Instagram. For a large part this consists of the collaboration and establishment of fashion partnerships through a continuous process of tagging one another, as well as creating genuine, authentic content which differentiates fashion [...]