Overview
Platformed Analysis
In the “Generation Like: Youth and New Media” unit, we explore the way the proliferation of social media platforms like Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat—and since those lectures were written, TikTok—have reshaped our understanding of entire generations. It builds on our large discussion on the impact of social media on society at large, and specifically with our relationship to ourselves and to other people (Please find the attached first file for your previous work on Generation Like Documentary) In this project, your task is to use social media in order to comment on how we as a society are grappling with changes in new media technology. In the Application Analysis assignment (Please see the attached second file fo your previous work on Application Analysis assignment), you considered how the design of different applications was shaped by the chosen platform and the affordances associated with it.
Now, in the Platformed Analysis, you’ll test the affordances of different platforms by choosing an application ( In this case, you chose the Instagram) as a medium to reflect on course content, creating something that can spur further conversation about the cultural dynamics of new media technology. Using material from the “Generation Like: Youth and New Media” unit, you’ll utilize a social networking application in order to reflect on the documentary Generation Like along with at least one other course reading. Please use the following: • An Instagram story featuring at least 15 discrete photos or videos o Past student projects: A low-rent recreation of celebrity Instagram posts, polling fellow students about their social media habits.
You can discuss:
• Spreadable Media(Please see the attached 3rd file for your previous work on the Spreadable media)
You will also write a two-page (12pt, double-spaced) reflection paper explaining your Platformed Analysis and should address the following questions: • What made you choose this particular application (in this case, Instagram) to address your chosen topic? How did the specific affordances of the chosen social application shape your project? • Did you face any challenges executing your idea with the technology involved? What did you learn from those challenges? • What did you want those who engage with your analysis to take away from it? • How did completing this project change your perspective on the relationship between new media technology and youth culture?