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Shove et al.’s “Reproducing Digital Photography” studies the practices of amateur digital photographers to illustrate “how technologies configure and are domesticated not only by individual users, but…by and in relation to the practices of which they are a part” (70). The term practice they use helps unfold the dynamic interplay of convention/newness and society/technology. Practice, … Continue reading
In “Reproducing Digital Photography” Shove et al. discuss the findings of their studies of the digital photographic practices of everyday amateur photographers. Drawing on Lator, they identity problems with the social sciences’ understating the role material artifacts play in our lives and the popular discourses’ overstating it (70). Turning to the practice (which they define … Continue reading
As Cobley and Haeffner point out, the introduction of consumer digital cameras “vastly accelerated process whereby a photographer can now capture a digital image and dispatch it for publication via the internet.” This unquestionably changed the way people take and share images. A quick social media survey easily showcases just how shared amateur photography has … Continue reading
Digital photography in the age of social networking provides a space where the public and private clash, intersect, and obscure one another. The parameters of what constitutes subjectivity are constantly put into question via emergent technologies. Can one easily define the space a photo taken in public depicting strangers’ faces that is then uploaded to … Continue reading
My Little Pony is a series of toy ponies initially intended for girls, and first introduced in 1981. Since then, My Little Pony has grown beyond toys—it has created games, movies, even a television (TV) show. The TV show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was created and intended for little girls, however, its fan … Continue reading
Rage comics/faces originated in 2008 on 4chan’s famous /b/ board with the rendition now known as “rage guy” or “FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU”. This first rage face was most likely created in MS Paint, but as the tradition grew comics generators appeared in which anyone could easily create a rage comic using a variety of templates and traditional … Continue reading
The newspaper articles about the Bronies I have come across focus either on the fact that males like My Little Pony and try to trace the origins of the “virus” or attempt to determine the outcomes the new fandom brought about in terms of gender changes. In its mini documentary about Bronies, The Guardian searches … Continue reading
When Equestria Daily announced “Double Rainboom,” the much-anticipated fan-made episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic in March 2012, the Bronies rejoiced. Directed, produced and written by Zachary Rich and the collective efforts of the Brony fandom, this episode is in no way affiliated with Hasbro, even though Rich received written permission from the creators … Continue reading
Text From Dog is a Tumblr site created by October Jones offering screenshots of text message conversations between October and his dog, Dog. Topics are generally dog-related (chasing balls, postmen, etc.) and frequently involve Dog’s alter-ego Batdog. The texts use a minimal amount of chatspeak, and frequently involve swearing. The site doesn’t accept outside submissions, … Continue reading
If, as this video, which tries to encapsulate a Kickstarter-funded documentary, “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic,” concludes, bronies “are the best fandoms of all fandoms ever”; if “in fact, they are cultural forces” that resist the mainstream culture’s intolerance of anything non-normative; if they resist bigotry and sexism, why is there still so much controversy … Continue reading
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