|
Title of the article: |
INSTAGRAM NETWORK AS PART OF THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT |
|
Author(s): |
Oleg V. Kasheev |
|
Information about the author/authors |
Oleg V. Kashcheev — PhD in Psychology, Professor, A. N. Kosygin Russian State University, Sadovnicheskaya St. 33, bld. 1, 115035 Moscow, Russia. E-mail: ovk-mgudt@rambler.ru Valery Ya. Golovko — fourth-year student, A. N. Kosygin Russian State University, Sadovnicheskaya St. 33, bld. 1, 115035 Moscow, Russia. E-mail: leragoal@gmail.com |
|
Section |
Theory and history of culture |
|
Year |
2019 |
|
Volume |
Vol. 52 |
|
Pages |
pp. 83–91 |
|
Received |
February 26, 2019 |
|
Date of publication |
June 28, 2019 |
|
Index UDK |
008 |
|
Index BBK |
71+32.971.353 |
|
Abstract |
The paper`s primary focus is on how social media and networks such as Instagram have developed and the possibility of identifying their impact on society and cultural environment. It also explores the historical frame of reference of the very term “media” as mass-communication tool. Analysis of the levels of media development as mass-communication tools makes it possible to conclude that social network Instagram develops as a media-element. This network`s content, uniting visual and textual messages, represents creolized text and, therefore, essentially is a multimedia data exchange. The authors involved a retrospective analysis of Instagram`s evolution substantiating the reasons for changes in its work over the past few years. It allowed conclusion that today Instagram became competitor to such social networks as YouTube and Facebook which in its turn allows authors to state the fact that due to such a dynamic audience building Instagram exerts a significant impact on people`s social life and society`s culture. Now it is fair to say that Instagram represents an integral part of the societal culture having sway over social conscience, culture, political and economical aspects of the modern society. Furthermore the study reveals functions this social network as a cultural phenomenon is performing. Functional analysis of its photo and text editor resulted in concluding on insufficient development of the latter in terms of actual platform and non-compliance with requirements of modern users, which eventually, may affect the performance of the social network, up to reducing the level of its impact on society. |
|
Keywords |
culture, media, social media, Instagram, creolized text. |
|
References |
1 Berezin V. M. Massovaia kommunikatsiia: sushchnost', kanaly, deistviia [Mass communication: essence, channels, actions]. Moscow, RIP-kholding Publ., 2003. 174 p. (In Russian) 2 Zenkova A. Iu. Vizual'naia metafora v sotsial'no-politicheskom diskurse: metodologicheskii aspekt [Visual metaphor in socio-political discourse: methodological aspect]. Mnogoobrazie politicheskogo diskursa [Diversity of political discourse]. Ekaterinburg, Izdatel'stvo Instituta filosofii i prava Uro RAN Publ., 2004, pp. 39–53. (In Russian) 3 Zlobin P. S. O sushchnosti kul'turnoi revoliutsii [On the essence of cultural revolution]. Uchenye zapiski MGIK, 1967, no 14, pp. 57–68. (In Russian) 4 Kachkaeva A. G., Kiriia I. V., Kolomeets K. G. i dr. Zhurnalistika i konvergentsiia. Pochemu i kak traditsionnye SMI prevrashchaiutsia v mul'timediinye [Journalism and convergence. Why and how traditional media become multimedia], edited by A. G. Kachkaeva. Moscow, without Publ., 2010. 200 p. (In Russian) 5 Kashcheev O. V., Golovko V. Ia. Rol' kreolizovannogo teksta v prodvizhenii brenda industrii mody v Instagram [The role of creolized text in promoting fashion industry brand in Instagram]. Dizain i tekhnologii, 2018, no 68 (110), pp. 129–137. (In Russian) 6 Kozlova N. S. Sotsial'naia set' “Instagram” kak sotsial'no-psikhologicheskoe iavlenie [Social network “Instagram” as a socio-psychological phenomenon]. Molodoi uchenyi, 2014, no 16, pp. 387–390. (In Russian) 7 Makliuen G. M. Ponimanie media: Vneshnie rasshireniia cheloveka [Understanding media: The extensions of man]. Moscow, Zhukovskii, KANON-press-Ts, Kuchkovo pole Publ., 2003. 464 p.(In Russian) 8 Makhmudov N. Sotsial'nye seti i ikh rol' v konfliktakh [Social networks and their role in conflicts]. 1news.az. Available at: http://www.1news.az/analytics/20121121015236780.html (accessed 10 February 2019). (In Russian) 9 Mezhuev V. M. O poniatii kul'tury [The concept of culture]. Uchenye zapiski MGIK, 1967, no 14, p. 27. (In Russian) 10 Feshchenko L. G. Struktura reklamnogo teksta. Uchebno-prakticheskoe posobie [Structure of the advertising text. Educational and practical guide]. St. Petersburg, Peterburgskii institut pechati Publ., 2003. 232 p.(In Russian) 11 Shchurina Iu. V. Zhanrovoe svoeobrazie sotsial'noi seti Instagram [The genre originality of the social network Instagram]. Zhanry rechi, 2016, no 1, pp. 156–168. (In Russian) 12 Vaughan T. Multimedia: Making It Work. New York, McGrawHill Publ., 2010. 465 p. (In English) |
|
PDF-file |
|
|
Illustrations |
|
