15. Social Mediocrity - Katrin Tiidenberg

Katrin Tiidenberg is a Professor of Participatory Culture at the Baltic Film, Media, Arts and Communication School at Tallinn University in Estonia. She has held fellowships at Durham University, Aarhus University and Microsoft Research New England. Katrin's research focuses on the hows and whys of people's online and social media practices with a particular emphasis on visuality, sex and political participation. Her research engages the most relevant issues of our day, identity, community, norms and power.How do we present ourselves online? What is normal? Who is in charge? And what happens to sex and to pleasure? She's the author and editor of multiple books on social media and digital cultures and research methods, including Sex and Social Media, Selfies: Why We Love and Hate Them and Metaphors of Internet: Ways of Being in the Age of Ubiquity. https://katrin-tiidenberg.com/The Cluster F Theory Podcast is edited by Julian Mayers at Yada Yada.You can also find us on Apple Podcasts or any other place you listen to your favourite shows.Thank you for reading The Cluster F Theory Podcast. This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theclusterftheory.substack.com