The Aesthetic Lives of Particular Nobodies: Exploring Phantasmic Fictional Character Narratives on Instagram

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aut.author.twitter@TheJingerSnap
aut.embargoNoen_NZ
aut.thirdpc.containsNoen_NZ
dc.contributor.advisorRobertson, Natalie
dc.contributor.advisorSheehan, Maree
dc.contributor.authorCrowe, Ellen
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-01T23:57:06Z
dc.date.available2019-07-01T23:57:06Z
dc.date.copyright2019
dc.date.issued2019
dc.date.updated2019-07-01T05:15:41Z
dc.description.abstractThis visual illustrative project explores the inherent fictionality of Instagram. Imagining Instagram as an urban environment, it follows the fictional lives of two main protagonists and their virtual circle of friends. It was found that Instagram narrative requires an open-ended structure with no conclusive endpoint, wherein story is focused on character self-image and their place in a social network. This research project demonstrates how Instagram can host original character development through serial image-making and self-performance. Instagram enables the establishment of rich and nuanced character identities and preferences, and the testing out of their virtual relationships through conscious interactions.en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/12617
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.publisherAuckland University of Technology
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.subjectInstagramen_NZ
dc.subjectVisual narrativeen_NZ
dc.subjectIllustrationen_NZ
dc.subjectDigital storytellingen_NZ
dc.subjectSocial media narrativeen_NZ
dc.subjectOnline personaen_NZ
dc.subjectInstagram fictionen_NZ
dc.titleThe Aesthetic Lives of Particular Nobodies: Exploring Phantasmic Fictional Character Narratives on Instagramen_NZ
dc.typeThesisen_NZ
thesis.degree.grantorAuckland University of Technology
thesis.degree.levelMasters Theses
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Designen_NZ
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