Artificially Constructing Realism - Digitalisation and Convergence in Photography
Channel: kelsey rau
Date: 2019-02-23

This LEGO stop motion was created to explain the process of digitalisation and convergence in photography. The video was created with the help of the following readings:

Iqani, M., & Schroeder, J. E. (2015). #selfie: digital self-portraits as commodity form and consumption practice. Consumption Markets & Culture, http://doi.org/10.1080/10253866.2015.1116784

Marwick, A. E. (2015). Instafame: Luxury Selfies in the Attention Economy. Public Culture, 27(1 75), 137-160. http://doi.org/10.1215/08992363-2798379 [Available via Reading List]

Sparviero, S., Peil, C., & Balbi, G. (Eds.). (2017). Media convergence and deconvergence. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com

Sturken, M., & Cartwright, L. (2009). Visual Technologies, Image Reproduction, and the Copy. In Practices of looking : an introduction to visual culture (2nd ed., pp. 183-222). New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press.

van Dijck, J. (2008). Digital photography: communication, identity, memory. Visual Communication, 7(1), 57-76. https://doi.org/10.1177/1470357207084865

Wendt, B. (2014). The Allure of the Selfie: Instagram and the New Self Portrait. Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures. Retrieved from http://networkcultures.org/blog/publication/no-08-the-allure-of-the-selfie-instagram-and-the-new-self-portrait-brooke-wendt/ 

Please note LEGO is a trademark of the LEGO Group of companies which does not sponsor, authorize or endorse this video.

This video is subject to Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 Licence.

WEB207 RWMC Student Number 18778078 (K.Rau)