A imagem fotográfica em redes sociais digitais: uma análise dos álbuns fotográficos do Orkut

Abstract

The development of Internet as a global public network has fostered new types of relations among people. In such context, social networks rise as a new communication and interaction resource, presenting themselves as an important site for new kinds of sociability. That new environment has emerged from those new expressions from the contemporary culture, favoring the using of images and as investigated herein, where photo images take a prominent role. Orkut photographic albums initially designed to present personal photos have acquired new usages and meanings from the way this resource has been employed by the users. It is discussed here the novel usages of the photographic images in orkut digital photo albums. Taking advantage of virtual ethnography methodology, it is presented an overview of orkut and user profiles, aiming at the outlining of the new usages granted to the orkut photographic albums.