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This bundle c0ntains all lecture notes from this module. This includes information about social identity, prejudice, racism and how social identity can affect health, our bodies within society, and celebrity worship, big data and social media usage.

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Agency and the body • Class notes
Big Data, Big Psychiatry = Big Potential • Class notes
Bodies of Resistance • Class notes
Celebrity Worship and Parasocial Relationships • Class notes
Does selfie taking affect personal memory? • Class notes
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Why do we watch reality tv?

So Why Do People Enjoy Watching Reality TV? Do we watch reality TV because we enjoy evaluating ourselves or judging other people’s behaviour? Do we watch reality TV to satisfy a voyeuristic tendency? Do we watch reality TV to feel connected? Does enjoyment come from watching others suffer and being humiliated?

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Governance and observation of the body

We can think of systems of control as drawing on notions of the observed and those doing the observation. The docile body, interested in self-improvement and self-governance is crucial in how powerful structures and norms are maintained and reinforced. Social media represents a form of Omniopticon, wherein the many watch the many-a form of governance. We can see how social media regulates the body & replicates existing structures of power

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What is Big Data?

Big Data works on the principle that the more you know about anything or any situation, the more reliably you can gain new insights and make predictions about what will happen in the future. Here we explore how big data, such as social media profiles and google trends, can be analysed to understand human behaviour.

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What is a selfie?

We explore various uses of a selfie including: Selfie as a tool for self exploration, Selfie as a tool for expression of mood / identity, Selfie as a tool for escapism and Selfie as a tool for asserting agency.

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What are the reasons for taking selfies?

Who Posts Selfies? What motivates selfie-taking? Is there a relationship between selfies and Photography Techniques? Is the placement of the main facial features consistent with known principles of photographic composition?

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Social representation of human lives,

We have discussed how social representations can aid in the formation of stereotypes. We have discussed how media representations have a real impact on our daily lives. We have discussed some critiques of Social Representation Theory, and how some of these issues may reflect the historical context of the development of this theory

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Social representation of the body and the media

We have discussed the integral role that media plays in sharing and shaping social representations. The media has a constructive hand in how we receive messages, and these are taken up into social representations, which ultimately become part of our social realities. Organ donation demonstrates that social representations shift over time, and the media can have an influential hand in how representations come to look.

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Social media & the observed body

Critical Social Psychology is a key driving force within this block We understand the body as i) embodied, ii) a discursive product The body is social We can think of social media as a further space to build/represent/maintain/advance the social norms, expectations, and practices around the body

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Social media & neoliberalism

We have discussed how neoliberalism can impact on our behaviour, and how selfie-taking can become totemic of who we are, and the social expectations we do or do not adhere to We have also discussed about how we think about our bodies and the bodies of others through social media, that the body can represent neoliberal ideals of self-governance through references to health and fitness Finally, we discussed the body as project-that we are constantly in a process of micromanagement of our bodies...

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