Friday, 21 October 2016

OUIL501- Study Task- 2 Establishing A Research Question

Suggested Research Question

- Explore ideas of how 'fake news' is used in social media and how if affects the work we produc.
- Social media and how it's being used to interact with clients and customers
- How social media is being used to change the work we make (demand for certain types of work)

Theorists Relating to this Question?

- Barthes- Death of the Author- style over substance?
- McLuhan- Understanding Media- how social media influences
- Foucault- similar take on Barthes
Solzhenitsyn- A Warning to The West- how social media and new media can be used negatively.

Academic Sources Available?

- Articles on social media and art, lots of sources
- Theorists- Propaganda and mass/ new media
- Satirical illustrators
- Use examples of different types of illustrators' works.
- Illustrators who became more well known because of social media.

How could the research Question be investigated through Practice?

- Producing satirical work around social media
- Use techniques used by popular online illustrators
- Commenting on social medias use within art

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