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Social Media's Obsession with Curated Aesthetics

Grisham, Hailey
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social media
 aesthetics
 photography
 Tik Tok
 internet
 internet trends
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Lizardi, Ryan, Ph. D, Jofre, Ana, Ph. D
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2024-12
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Masters Thesis
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SUNY Polytechnic Institute Information Design + Technology (IDT) Program Theses and Projects
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The internet has a long history with the word aesthetic. With each new social media platform the word has stuck around with the creation of different types that cycle through or last through time. The names vary from vaporwave to cottagecore, each having its own history and cultural impact. Social media’s obsession with these aesthetics comes down to multiple factors from tastes to algorithms built to engage its users with them. Photography is the perfect medium to help capture the essence of aesthetics. This thesis will explore a variety of current social media aesthetics through photographs. It will demonstrate how impactful aesthetics are and get to the root of why social media users are obsessed with them.
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Grisham, H. (2024). Social media's obsession with curated aesthetics: A master's thesis presented to Schools of Arts & Sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Master of Science degree. State University of New York Polytechnic Institute.
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