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| Report location: | https://www.foresightacademy.com/content/10639 |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | This article is based on a first synopsis in the English language of the book series “Digitale Bildkulturen” published by Verlag Klaus Wagenbach. It has been written for and in coordination with the Foresight Academy |
| Publication date: | October, 2021 |
| Authors: | Dr. Annekathrin Kohout and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich |
| Time horizon: | Cultural history to now |
| Geographic focus: | Gobal |
| Page count: | 14 |
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This article analyses the most important changes in social media with a clear focus on new phenomena in visual culture and their effect on the everyday reality of societies. It further discusses the consequences of new formats, and the way companies are increasingly held to aesthetic-ethical standards.
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Social media and spreading pictures are a central part of our everyday life. Changing image culture belongs to the strongest societal shifts of our time. Due to smartphones images can be produced faster, more variably and more professionally than ever before. That’s why a differentiated look at phenomena like selfies, memes, protest images, emojis, net feminism, crypto art, body images, gifs etc. is so interesting and why Annekathrin Kohout and Wolfgang Ullrich have started publishing a growing book series on digital image cultures with twelve books so far (see www.digitale-bildkulturen.de). For Foresight Academy they created an overview of overarching aspects on changing imagery in the past and present. They highlight diverse observations and thoughts on where we are going and what that means for brands and products. It’s their first publication in English based on this book series.