What sets apart Instagram and Facebook? Yes they are both considered social networking sites, but I don't think this means that they have to be defined and classified under the same umbrella of an idea of what a social network is. Facebook asks you to provide more details than Instagram, for example, you can post things, like pages, it asks your school information etc. Facebook is designed for you to contact others that you see either regularly or that you haven't seen in a long time. Regardless, talking is the main point of Facebook. Sure you can share and look at photos on Facebook, but it's mainly designed for conversation. In saying that, Instagram is completely different. You create a profile, which doesn't have to be that personal, and you post pictures. You are able to like and comment on photos, but that isn't the purpose of Instagram. The co-founder of Instagram, Kevin Systrom says this "We decided that if we were going to build a company, we wanted to focus on being really good at one thing." Later he talks about having t make adjustments to the app and says "What remained was Instagram. (We renamed because we felt it better captured what you were doing — an instant telegram of sorts. It also sounded camera-y)." This backs up the idea of why instagram was created and what i's purpose was intended for.
I don't think that Instagram is designed specifically for ONLY friends and family. In fact I personally hardly have any family members on instagram. I also think that because of this, a lot of kids post more "party" pictures and things like that on instagram because their parents and family pmembers are less likely to see it due to the lack of personal information that instagram desn't require you to provide. Users are able to create a user name that is irrelevant to their actual name. You can, in a sense, create your own fantasy, or just simply show your life through photographs.On Facebook, people can post on your wall, where as on instagram you have sole control.
Artist can filter the things on their Instagram. They can even have a them to their photos. These pictures posted on instagram could be posted on Facebook but they aren't. Why is this?
Teens and college aged students use instagram the most because I believe they have more time to actually be on the site/app and have more time to edit photos.
An interesting belief/values that this brings up in what people post is that people aren't living in the moment anymore. They are just trying to capture the moment. It's now "look what I did" instead of "let me TELL you what i did."
Instagram is designed not just to have friends, but to have access to create an online presence for themselves (users), without having very expensive equipment for the photographs they post.
Facebook is a lot of telling and showing.
Instagram allows you to portray what you want people to see than what you really are.
There is also the example of the actual Instagram page that Instagram has and the pictures they post. The whole movement of hashtags is very powerful also. It;s a way for people to link their photos to others and to words.
Sorry this is so choppy, but these are the ideas and things that I would like to cover in the essay. I don't think that Intsagram is like all other social networking sites. I think some people might treat it in that way, but I don't believe that the majority of people treat it that way. I think Instagram is more "artsy" if you will. It's more of a show than a tell.
Hello, Aiza! I like your post. I have a Facebook account, but I have never seen an instagram account. Interesting! I like to post photos on Facebook, because my relatives and my kids can see my photos, so do I. I usually watch their new photos and feel them near. I think you have good analysis and it is interesting that you compare two accounts: Facebook and instagram. I would recommend you to explain more about instagram. May be you are able to give a link, or a picture. Thank you!
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I have never used Instagram, but I believe the old saying goes, "A picture is worth a thousand words". Instead of posting a status, they post a picture. However, I believe social media, regardless of the medium, allows us to delve into any portrayal we want. We can be John Smith from 9-5. After hours, however, social media allows us to be whomever we want to be. It's not just the media that's lying to us; in this aspect, we lie to ourselves. Or do we? Just who are we when we sign in to Facebook, Instagram, etc.? How do we convey the truth? How many pictures do I need to post to explain how I feel today? How many friends will respond? How much attention does one need to purport? Is this a positive or negative aspect? I would maybe take two ideas from each media, how they are synonymous, and how they differ. Then, show the negative/positive aspects of both. Interesting topic!
ReplyDeleteI like the way that you went about writing this analysis paper. I also like how you were able to compare both instagram and Facebook. It agree with you in how you said more younger people now use instagram more than adults.Making it so the pictures that they put would probably no be the same as the once they would be putting on Facebook. I feel like Instagram does allow the younger people to feel more free in how they express themselves. They are able to do that more when they feel like they are going to be judged by people of the older age.
ReplyDeleteI liked how you described the sentence of defining the different idea of what a social network is by using an umbrella—that was great! Your point on the beliefs of how Instagram “captures the moment” and that it is “more show than tell” reveals the content. It sounds as if you will be developing the impact on popular culture as the superficial or shallow negativity that was discussed on Monday; perhaps, the instant "celebrity?” I like the essay. I would suggest that you might want to specify or include the term, new media medium.
ReplyDeleteYou make a lot of good points. It sounds like you've got plenty of topics to cover, so you should have no problem writing your paper. I like how you make the distinction between Instagram and Facebook based on the way Facebook is sort of more family-oriented whereas Instagram is more for individuals. I think that's an important point. Especially since Instagram seems much more artsy than Facebook, though I can't say for sure since I don't have an account of my own. But overall it sounds like you're headed in the right direction.
ReplyDeleteInteresting, though some of the very tiny paragraphs near the end show that this needs (and probably is going to get) a whole lot more expansion-upon later. But, the way you talk about how Instagram is far more personalizable than Facebook makes me think that Tumblr would've actually been a better thing to compare to Facebook, given how it seems to beatifully combine the features of both a blog and a social networking site (The relation between those two ideas could be the idea behind an essay itself). But that's probably because I'm more into Tumblr than I am into Instagram.
ReplyDeleteOtherwise, it's a pretty good premise and execution so far.