DocumentCode :
2591565
Title :
Strategies for Gaining Visibility on Flickr
Author :
Malinen, Sanna
Author_Institution :
Human-centered design, Tampere Univ. of Technol., Tampere, Finland
fYear :
2011
fDate :
4-7 Jan. 2011
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
9
Abstract :
Social network sites (SNSs) have become an important part of daily communication practices and media use for millions of people. SNSs enable people to interact with content such as photographs or videos in a new way, to create user profiles and communicate with others through these online presentations of self. This study examines social practices among the group of active users of the popular online photo-sharing service Flickr. The results of nine qualitative user interviews show that there is ambivalence in people´s relation to the community of Flickr; the users distribute their photographs with expectations of getting attention and feedback from others, but they have to be socially active and network with others in order to become noticed at all. This study aims to provide insight into the strategies for gaining visibility for one´s personal content on Flickr, and to contribute to the theory of computer-mediated communication.
Keywords :
Web services; interactive programming; social networking (online); Flickr; computer-mediated communication; online photo-sharing service; social network sites; visibility; Communities; Internet; Interviews; Media; Photography; Social network services; Tagging;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences (HICSS), 2011 44th Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kauai, HI
ISSN :
1530-1605
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9618-1
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.2011.389
Filename :
5718611
Link To Document :
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