Internet culture

Influencers

Genealogies: Writing, Research, and Influencers

I recently published a journal article on micro-microcelebrity (pdf | […]

Influencers

Digital detox, Media panics, and What’s next.

This continues from my earlier post on Essena O’Neill, Authenticity, and […]

Influencers

Essena O’Neill, Authenticity, and Vlog Wars.

Edit: Part two here – Digital detox, Media panics, and What’s […]

Internet culture

Ode to email.

We use verbal phrases like “drop you an email” and “flick you an email” but really, emails are hard work, no? Length and content reciprocity are important, because who’d appreciate […]

Internet culture

As a young responsible adult, I spent all of this morning procrastinating productively. As a selfie researcher, I spent all of this morning procrastinating productively on selfie paraphernalia. So here’s […]

Internet culture

IR16 Fame and Microcelebrity on the Web

Moshimoshi Internet researchers of the world, We’re less than ten days to IR16. Are you ready? *throws confetti* I hope you’re as psyched as I am to be reuniting with […]

Coupling

LDRs and affective technologies

This year, I have been traveling a lot for work. I have grown used to asking for a table for one. And ordering ice-cream for one. I have known my […]

Internet culture

Racial discourse and news coverage of the NDR2015 on Twitter.

Singapore’s National Day Rally 2015, the equivalent of the State […]

Internet culture

The #LoveWins weekend on 9GAG

Following the decision from the Supreme Court of the US (SCOTUS) to make same-sex marriage legal nationwide, this weekend, all the memes came out to play. I tracked 9GAG‘s Hot, […]

Internet culture

Resources on Memes

This page is now being updated here: wishcrys.com/memes/

Internet culture

Social media branding is tricky business.

The thing about the Internet is that you can never truly control how users will perceive, edit, store, or disseminate your information. And if you’re a corporation or a business […]

Internet culture

The Internet is my home.

I feel so disoriented at this point that I am convinced the only constant scape in my life is the Internet. There I know the buttons and the plumbing. Here […]

Heritage

Mr Lee Kuan Yew and the spectacle of death: The first twelve hours on social media

27Mar15 edit: My thoughts on the viral hate here. 24Mar15 0345hrs […]

Internet culture

Instagramming Instagram’s Downtime

Instagram, Facebook, and Tindr experienced downtime around 1415hrs (GMT+8) on 28 January 2015. While the causes of the disruption are still being debated, the momentary disconnection (it was less than […]

Internet culture

Emoji epistemology.

Emoji diversity is old news. The Unicode Consortium proposed recommendations for the interoperability of emoji across platforms in late 2014. Customizable ethnically-diverse emoji representations are on the way. Inter-platform emoji […]

Internet culture

#JeSuisAhmed speaks back to #JeSuisCharlie on Instagram

As a response to my earlier tracking of the #CharlieHedbo […]

Internet culture

Memetic Tropes on #CharlieHedbo on Instagram

I manually archive the artwork and memes published on the #CharlieHedbo hashtag on Instagram over three hours (8 January 15, 1700-2000hrs, GMT+8) and code the memetic tropes of populism. While […]

Influencers

Commerce on Instagram

This is the third and final installment of a series on Instagram. Part one on The Great Instagram Purge and part two on Authenticity on Instagram now concludes with Commerce on […]

Influencers

Authenticity on Instagram

Since its creation in 2010, Instagram has become an aesthetically stylized site for photosharing, microblogging, networking, and commercial exchange. Instagram’s philosophy is listed on its FAQ page: What is Instagram? […]

Influencers

The Great Instagram Purge: Chaos, Currency, and Commerciality

This week’s Internet crisis has been brought to you by […]

Internet culture

This is how Tumblr is responding to my null searches:

This is how Tumblr is responding to my null searches: […]

Internet culture

In defence of the selfie

I recently had the privilege of speaking with Cassie McCullagh of ABC Radio National on selfie culture. We chatted about popular perceptions of selfies, and their productive potential in political […]

Influencers

Microcelebrity Social Media Selfies

Reflecting on Week three of The Selfie Course on selfies and microcelebrity, I thought I would share my take on the types of heterosexual feminine scripts microcelebrity social media personalities in […]

Internet culture

I catalogued the ads Twitter fed me over 24 hours.

21Aug14 0206hrs @wishcrys Hey #Twitter, you’re doing it wrong. Jamming […]

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Internet culture

Genealogies: Writing, Research, and Influencers

Digital detox, Media panics, and What’s next.

Essena O’Neill, Authenticity, and Vlog Wars.

Ode to email.

Selfie fashion

IR16 Fame and Microcelebrity on the Web

LDRs and affective technologies

Racial discourse and news coverage of the NDR2015 on Twitter.

The #LoveWins weekend on 9GAG

Resources on Memes

Social media branding is tricky business.

The Internet is my home.

Instagramming Instagram’s Downtime

Emoji epistemology.

Commerce on Instagram

Authenticity on Instagram

The Great Instagram Purge: Chaos, Currency, and Commerciality

This is how Tumblr is responding to my null searches:

In defence of the selfie

Microcelebrity Social Media Selfies

I catalogued the ads Twitter fed me over 24 hours.