What do you “like” now?
Are social media and smartphones eroding the art of photography? With the traditional skill of photography going by the wayside, and the number of “likes” counting for more than the quality of a photo, can the end be near for the specialised art of photography?
近年,社交網站相繼崛起,自拍器材、修改圖片的軟件成行成市,任何人不用學習攝影,都可以成為「專家」。網民們上傳相片,希望他人給自己一個「讚」,不惜付出任何代價。學者黃於唱指出,社交網絡容易令人上癮,年輕人在網絡上尋求讚許,這是因為他們希望得到別人認同而建立身份。社交網絡流行,帶動我們對相片數量的追求,攝影的過程不再重要,而只著重於得到多少個「讚」,數字是否真的那麼重要呢?