Instagram and the Phenomena of Uploading Children’s Photos in Social Media (a Phenomenology Study)
- DOI
- 10.2991/icpc-18.2019.14How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Instagram; Phenomenology
- Abstract
Uploading photos of children to social media has become a commonplace. Even now more and more emerging phenomena such as children’s programs and the phenomenon of children’s personal Instagram accounts. This study aims to analyze the motives of parents uploading photos of children on Instagram. This study uses the phenomenological theory of Alfred Schutz with the constructivist paradigm and qualitative phenomenological approach. To collect data, in addition to in-depth interviews with 10 informants, there were also observations of the informants’ Instagram accounts. Based on the results of research and data analysis that has been done, there are several motives because (because motives) in uploading photos of children on Instagram that are driven by two things, namely the experience of past photo albums and the disruption and limitations of technology owned by parents. While the “For” motives (in order to motives) found are related to 3 things. First, it relates to parents’ efforts to make their children known to many people. Secondly, it relates to a demand to share a child’s development moments with others, especially to distant families or friends who have not been met for a long time. Third, as an effort to realize the pride and gratitude of the parents for what they have today. Based on the motives above, this study categorizes 3 types of parents in uploading photos of children on Instagram, namely The “Exist” type Parents, The “Sharing” type Parents, and The “Memories” type Parents.
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- © 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Afdal Makkuraga Putra AU - Annisa Febrina PY - 2019/08 DA - 2019/08 TI - Instagram and the Phenomena of Uploading Children’s Photos in Social Media (a Phenomenology Study) BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Psychology and Communication 2018 (ICPC 2018) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 159 EP - 174 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/icpc-18.2019.14 DO - 10.2991/icpc-18.2019.14 ID - Putra2019/08 ER -