Cox, A. orcid.org/0000-0002-2587-245X and Brewster, L. (2020) Vernacular narratives of well-being and the practice of photo-a-day. Storytelling, Self and Society, 16 (2). pp. 280-299. ISSN 1550-5340
Abstract
The impact of social media on psychological well-being is usually investigated through survey-based studies of the mass effects of its use. This paper offers an alternative perspective, by exploring individuals’ narratives of their own well-being, arising from interviews about one seemingly simple, mundane digital practice: photo-a-day. These stories showed how people saw that they could shape their own well-being gradually through the way that sharing a photo each day reconfigured routines, brought them to notice new things and connected to others in new ways. The effect was complex and largely unintended. This reflected their sophisticated understanding of well-being as an elusive, complex practical accomplishment. The paper reflects on how well-being can be understood as accomplished within social practices by the spreading of meaning.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Wayne State University Press. This is an author-produced version of a paper accepted for publication in Storytelling, Self, Society. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | digital photography; photo sharing; photo-a-day; well-being; practice theory |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Information School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 22 Sep 2020 15:48 |
Last Modified: | 05 May 2021 10:20 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wayne State University Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.13110/storselfsoci.16.2.0280 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:165661 |