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soCial exPlosion
RESPondinG
Discussion Questions
AnAlyzIng ThesIs
70%
OF ALL FACEBOOK ACTIVITy IS BASED ON PHOTOGRAPHS.
In April 2012, Facebook bought Instagram for uS$1.01 billion.
How does the title “The Pocket Camera Moment” relate to Jonathon Keats’s thesis? What is he saying about digital cameras and associated technologies?
AnAlyzIng Word ChoICe
Keats uses the phrase compulsively easy to describe the use of Instagram. What is he implying about people who use apps such as Instagram? Explain why this implication is accurate or inaccurate.
respondIng CrITICAlly
TOP 4 FILTERS
uSED ON INSTAGRAM
44.5% 11.1%
26 PHOTOS
are uploaded every second
Why did the editors of this selection use both an essay and an infographic? How does each piece support the other?
tasks
WrITIng A Blog enTry
NORMAL 6.8%
EARLy BIRD 4.2%
#TAGS
#LOVE #INSTAGOOD #ME #TBT #CuTE
TOP 5
Write a review of Instagram (or Hipstamatic or another photo-sharing site you use) that might appear on a blog for people serious about photography as a social activity. In your review, include the features that make the app distinctive, the audience that would find the app appealing, and a rating for the app.
respondIng CreATIvely
X-PRO II
RISE
Choose either the essay or the infographic and produce a creative response using whatever media you wish. For example, you could create another type of infographic or a photo essay. Share your creative response with others and consider their feedback.
uSERS
1 MILLION
users in early 2011
27 MILLION
users in March 2012
TWITTER
MILLION
versus
INSTAGRAM
MILLION
about the author
Jonathon Keats is a journalist, critic, and artist. His work has been published in Wired, ForbesLife, and the Washington Post.
6.9
7.3
NEL
The pocket Camera Moment and The Mobile photo explosion
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