Early lifecasters framed public online living as a political act of democratic freedom.

Evidence

This position follows conservative political ideologies that position American society as a global model of freedom and democracy. Çelik expressed frustration with what he saw as the status quo notion that authority figures are expected to live conservative lives. He believes that he can combat this viewpoint and challenge authority by simultaneously being a leader in the technology community and living in public. Thus openness online becomes a political act. — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 616

Categorization

• XREF: Links to the ‘Californian ideology’ critique and techno-libertarian framings of openness as inherently liberatory.
• SEED: Could angle an essay on how ‘living in public’ discourse smuggles in conservative American exceptionalism beneath an apparent radical openness.