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Visualizing Instagram: Tracing Cultural Visual Rhythms
2012
Nadav Hochman, History of Art and Architecture University of Pittsburgh
Raz Schwartz, Human Computer Interaction Institute Carnegie Mellon University
Every moment counts. Or at least so it seems through the eyes of social media users who take countless pictures of everything imaginable, instantly sharing them over the Internet. Instagram, the recent fad in mobile photo sharing applications, provides exactly that: a way to snap photos, tweak their appearance, and share them on various social networks with friends, family and complete strangers. Although only launched in October 2010, its 15 million users have already taken more than 400 million pictures from allover the globe (Instagram 2011). - ( Page 1)
Released exclusively for the iPhone on October 6,2010, In stagram is a mobile location-based social network applica tion that offers its users a way to take pictures, apply differ ent manipulation tools ('filters') to transform the appearance of an image (for example: fade the image, adjust its contrast and tint, over or under-saturate colors, blur areas to exagger ate a shallow depth of field, add simulated film grain, etc.), and share it instantly with the user's friends on the applica tion itself or through other social networking sites such as Facebook, Foursquare, Twitter, etc. - ( Page 1)
Released exclusively for the iPhone on October 6,2010, In stagram is a mobile location-based social network applica tion that offers its users a way to take pictures, apply differ ent manipulation tools ('filters') to transform the appearance of an image (for example: fade the image, adjust its contrast and tint, over or under-saturate colors, blur areas to exagger ate a shallow depth of field, add simulated film grain, etc.), and share it instantly with the user's friends on the applica tion itself or through other social networking sites such as Facebook, Foursquare, Twitter, etc. - ( Page 1)
