10. Self-Performance Culture
• Highlight positive attributes about individuals through
the sharing of text, pictures, and other props
• Increase their self-status
• Share photos of themselves in moments
• Motivated by social reasons
• Immersed in a visually saturated ecosystem
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Editor's Notes
In 2006 YouTube’s growth exploded in 2006.
But in 2012, the word of the year began its ascent to digital fame. Selfie" beat out seven competitors, including "twerk," "schmeat" (synthetically produced meat) and "bitcoin" for the Word of the Year crown.
2014-2015 Banned From music festivals-- Coachella, Lollapalooza
The Do It YourSelfie 360° Selfie Rig is a torso-mounted rig to allow you to take full 360° selfies
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Org ongoing strategic digital assessment and planning process
Knowledge of content and how to create content. The idea of this class is to teach about a different mindset.
In a visually saturated society – selfies at least allow people to control their image
MasterCard's strategy emphasizes visual moments at events which are shared by individuals.
Google advises creators to reach consumers by targeting moments in their lives.
Miller beer brand moved from TV to social encouraging people to define #ItsMillerTime across channels
Selfie contests
SO you can look at selfie as a negative or you can emerge self into it in order to navigate it
. If this is how we are communicating with one another, how can we as teachers take advantage of i
Images and Messages
Communication is taking place from performance perspective.
Online course seemed like a perfect opportunity to try out self-performance experiments. It is electronic communication and opportunities for self-reflection. I created a assignments based on these acts of self-love to help them critically think about this approach.
One-on-one-intimate connection with them through their screen
It is important for students to recognize that images are selected versions of reality. If people present filtered sides of their life,
it may lead other people to compare themselves to that version of a person’s life, or people may look at one image and judge someone based on that image.
Draw or create a visual, personal symbolic portrait. You can use pens, colored pencils, crayons, markers, music, etc. to represent yourself visually.
No objects
The primary relevance of drawing is the development of visual, spatial intelligence, drawing techniques, the observation of details, eye-hand coordination and other intuitive intelligences. It sets them to be open-minded.
At the end of the class, think about whether your self-portrait would change.
Based on their image, what thoughts or words come to mind when viewing their image? Be honest because people's perceptions of themselves do not always reflect the perceptions of a population.
Through this assignment, students are able to be CREATIVE through the use of angles, colors, and image selection. They are asked to think about their lives and how they present themselves to their friends and family.
The first part of the slideshow:
10 images “Accurate Day”
10 images “Image Management”
Require them to include pictures of themselves. Students tend to not want to include themselves in images. They often want to explain their days by shooting objects to communicate their identity.
Step 6 (Reflect): Ask students to write a short essay on what they’ve learned. Reflection questions could include:
Differences between the photo essays?
How do you most often present yourself visually?
In the past, how accurate is the visual presentation of yourself to others?
To what extent did your classmates affect your presentation?
How do you assess other people by how they visually present themselves?
Do you think visuals present a surface or deep level of understanding about you?
Do you feel visual communicators manipulate you?
Students will often find what they intended to visually communicate to students is not what was communicated.
Another student said, “I was thrilled to hear the feedback from my fellow classmates. Although, some of them did not receive the message that I thought I was sending. That was likely the point of the project, to elicit tons of different responses from the same exact image.”
Other students said that they will try to be more real
One student said, “Most photos present a SURFACE level of understanding of me. Most of the time I care about looking good. I want photos that have meaning and communicate that I am a person of substance.”
Performance Exhaustion. They have some control over their visual representation
Therapy in the fact that they got to be creative and I did not critique them on their shooting or drawing skills
Comments from students were quite shocking. They revealed very personal details of their lives and they also expressed shocked about stuff they learned about themselves
http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/know-thy-selfie-a-selfie-group-discussion-assignment/59627 – example assignmen
