Social media is a large part of individuals’ lives these days. Especially in my age group. Everyone creates a platform of themselves to display as their online face. Instagram a multi dimensional app for social networking and sharing. However it often does not include just any type of random content about ourselves and our daily lives , it is a curated feed of some of the best moments experienced and captured by photos or videos. It is a gallery of curated and selective images for self expression. Some are more authentic to oneself than others.
My instagram is somewhat of an accurate and authentic expression of myself. This is due to the external pressure and beauty standard represented on instagram’s explore page. However i try to always remember that that is their best angle, good lighting and a pose.
I like my feed to uphold a certain aesthetic. I have always been a creative person and love to make things pretty. I feel the aesthetic represented on my instagram is an accurate representation of myself. I try to use the same gradient, tone and brightness when editing my photos to make the images blend and please the eye when looking at my feed.
Instagram is very popular as it has many features and tools available compared to other apps. On your profile page you can create stories and save them into memories which are story folders, to look back on.
The intended audience of my instagram self is really only for friends, mutual friends and family. I keep my page private so that I can decide who is following me or not and monitor my followers better. I have lived in 3 different countries during the course of my life and all the friends i made along the way follow me and use instagram themselves therefore this identifies how internationally accessible it is to use instagram. As of June 2018 instagram recorded one billion active users. (Statista, 2018)
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