Tuesday, April 30, 2019
The Case Against Sharing Everything on Social Media
Dance Magazine: When Joffrey Ballet dancer Rory Hohenstein first created an Instagram account, the choice to make it private was merely incidental. This was before the platform became such a powerful tool for self-promotion in the dance world, and he was concerned about strangers having an inside look at his life and younger dancers seeing him use the occasional curse word.
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Pacific Northwest Ballet principal Leta Biasucci and choreographer Danielle Agami both may some really logical and interesting points against the idea of “sharing everything on social media.” They understand that it’s easy for people to get trapped into believing the social constructs that social media has made for us and that by previewing your art online, some people will be content enough with that and not actually come see the full pieces. Rory Hohenstein makes a good point about valuing social media as “a place where he can stay in touch with friends and family or relive favorite memories” which is very similar to my personal view on social media. I am not great at texting or staying in touch with people in general (I’m a much more in-the-moment kind of girl) so my family enjoys seeing my “life update” posts to see that I’m alive and doing well, regardless of if we’ve spoken one on one recently.
Today, most people don't watch tv- instead they resort to another form of streaming. Throughout the years Netflix, Hulu, etc. have grown in popularity among all age ranges, but especially the younger generations. In the article, they mentioned that Netflix lives off of its subscribers, which mostly contains of teenagers. I personally think that without the younger generations, majority of the subscribers, Netflix wouldn’t be as possible and television would still be alive. Although many still tune in to watch television strict streaming, Netflix and other streaming websites have definitely conquered the media. With the giant fans and young generations of Netflix lovers, they are the reason that Netflix is dominating and will most likely continue. Although, without a doubt, Netflix is very flawed and has gotten numerous negative reviews on the fact that they cancel their audiences favorite shows. But, with this, it is still the most subscribed to platform as well as one that is required a monthly subscription.
Sharing on social media hypothetically has no problems- you choose what you post, and if your accounts are set to private, you choose who sees them. But for people in the public eye- not necessarily celebrities, but even moderately well-known people like the dancers mentioned in the article- there is an expectation now that you open your lives to the people and get rid of any expectation of privacy. Social media is absolutely helpful for allowing people to stay in contact with each other and spread information, and if it were only meant as a method for people all on the same level to communicate, we would probably have fewer of the problems that we do now. But celebrity culture is definitely a thing online. Real-world celebrities are expected to give up all privacy and be constantly available to their fans, with any “problematic” things they might have done decades ago still there to see if people go digging. And online “celebrities” spring up and run into their own issues. I feel like the rise of social media is having an impact on our culture that we won’t fully understand until years from now, but it can definitely be seen in cases like this.
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