Saturday 28 February 2015

OUGD505: Possible Resolutions

Besides all this, social media sites are deterring people away from the real world and results in individuals spending far too much time on their phones/tablets/laptops.  People aren't experiencing real life to the full because of this virtual social reality and absorbing internet culture; which is something I plan to propose change in within the practical side of this brief.


I've considered some visual paths I could go down with this topic, including using the image of a phone screen in different ways to have the audience relate to the posters in the same way they use their phone, for example having a phone screen as the whole poster, or from the same angle that they look at their own phone or tablet from.

Another consideration was a 'no post month' where participants would refrain from posting anything on social media for a month, to try and alleviate the amount of time spent scrolling pointlessly through these websites. Even for a week I imagine this task would be hard for some people.
A similar study was conducted which required a few young volunteers to give up their phones for a week, and reactions showed the students almost incapable of the task.

Using screenshots and layouts of existing social media sites will increase the relation to the format of phone use, so portrait orientated posters would be ideal for this.

Thoughts and development:










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