Nieman Lab Thursday August 8, 2024
As the Australian Senate prepared to hold an inquiry into the impact of social media, economists were presented with new findings about the economic value of sites like Instagram and TikTok that point in a shocking direction, notes the Nieman Lab. The findings suggest social media is worth less to us than the zero we pay for it—that we would be better off without it. A study of US college students suggest that many social media users agree, notes Nieman Lab: Most of the TikTok users (64%) and almost half of the Instagram users (48%) were prepared to pay to be off them, so long as others were off them. Social media may be all about FOMO.
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Fahey/Klein Gallery Thursday August 8, 2024
Through September 7, the Fahey/Klein Gallery in Los Angeles presents “Face the Music: The legacy of Music Photography,” an exhibition celebrating “the enduring legacy of music legends who transcended the boundaries of entertainment to become cultural icons.” Those legends include The Beatles, Billie Holiday, Elvis Presley, Dizzy Gillespie, Diana Ross, Tupac Shakur, Elton John, Nirvana, Cher and others, as photographed by the likes of David Bailey, Janette Beckman, Bruce Weber, Art Streiber, William Claxton and Jim Marshall.
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artnet Thursday August 8, 2024
The founder of a photography museum in China has been taken away by authorities and is currently under investigation, prompting questions about the future of the private institution. Xie Zilong, founder of Xie Zilong Photography Museum (XPM) in Changsha, the capital and the largest city of Hunan province of China, was detained on July 28, reports Artnet. Xie’s company, LBX Pharmacy, posted an announcement of the incident at the Shanghai Stock Exchange on July 30. The company notice did not specify why Xie is under investigation.
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The Guardian Thursday August 8, 2024
Award-winning photojournalist Paula Bronstein’s four-decade career is being celebrated with an exhibition at this year’s Visa pour l’Image photojournalism festival in Perpignan, France (Aug. 31 to Sept. 15). The Guardian spotlights one of the images Included in the retrospective: a 2017 photo of Rohingya refugees fleeing from Myanmar into Bangladesh. Bronstein's report for The Intercept magazine detailed the systematic burning of Rohingya villages and the rape and murder of thousands of villagers.
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