Grainy low-tech webcams assert that people, not technology, make the network

Evidence

Harvey is an internationally known digital artist with indisputable talent for making beautiful images. Nevertheless, she insists on broadcasting herself from a tiny, grainy ‘work cam.’ Issues of global production and consumption have long featured heavily in Auriea’s art; accordingly, she maintains her homecam to demonstrate that “technology doesn’t make the Net; people do.” — Theresa M. Senft, Camgirls, 304

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Webcam identities split between staged characters and unedited everyday self — Theresa M. Senft, Camgirls: Celebrity and Community in…, 309; Homecamming differs from reality TV in being unedited and uncontrived — Theresa M. Senft, Camgirls: Celebrity and Community in…, 141; Tech-scene authenticity means constancy and consistency, not volume of disclosure — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 287 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Webcam identities split between staged characters and unedited everyday self #expands (0.78) — Theresa M. Senft, Camgirls, 309
• Speculative technologies make users active co-producers of images, not passive consumers. #corroborates (0.77)
• Homecamming differs from reality TV in being unedited and uncontrived #corroborates (0.76) — Theresa M. Senft, Camgirls, 141
• Tech-scene authenticity means constancy and consistency, not volume of disclosure #corroborates (0.75) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 287
• Democratized video production favored natural charisma over trained nerds’ skill #exemplifies (0.72) — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 660