The majority of Aussie users of image- and video-sharing sites Instagram, Snapchat and Vine are women, which sets us apart from the US and UK, and makes us more like Russia.
Women are also more likely to share or comment on a post.
The most scandalous finding of the research, led by advertising agency The Works, is […]
“One doesn’t stop seeing. One doesn’t stop framing. It doesn’t turn off and turn on. It’s on all the time.”
Annie Leibovitz
Jennifer Ringley was the first person to broadcast her life online.
In 1996, the 19-year-old bought a webcam and set it up in her room to take a photo every 15 minutes and post it to her website: JenniCam.
Her experiment offered the world a glimpse into our digital future long before Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and […]
“All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth.”
Richard Avedon
Can other people use drones to spy on us, potentially for nefarious reasons?
Drones and what role they should play in society (if any) have been a hot topic…
Some legal scholars note that while physically walking onto someone’s land is trespassing, observing private property via air is not. So, if you fly over and around someone’s […]
A string of high-profile voyeurism cases have been in the news in British Columbia. In addition to ones we just heard reported, three other convicted men are set to appear in court this month.
The cases are drawing attention to the way technology is helping modern-day peeping Toms.
The easy availability of relatively cheap, very tiny, hidden […]
“Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies.”
Diane Arbus
From article:
The thrill of being invited by the camera to regard a naked man in an explicitly erotic context as a woman drove home how rarely I’ve felt that when watching mainstream TV, let alone “prestige” TV. Only male arousal wins awards.
…conversations about sexism on TV have a tendency devolve into the negatives of objectification: […]
