NARCISSISM IN THE NEW MEDIA

Tenth Conference on Media Studies, University of Arts Tîrgu Mureș   6 May 2022

Happy selfies, hunting for likes, tricks for enhancing follower counts, uncertainty, despair due to the lack of feedback to one’s bubble, compulsive desire to express oneself – this is what the everydays of an average media consumer is about. What do we use digital media platforms for? Can this activity still be searching for information or has it become a completely different social action?

We encourage the participation of academics and professionals from the following disciplines: sociology, psychology, communication studies, pedagogy, ethics, law, and aesthetics, who are researching on media phenomena and analyzing from the perspectives of their own field of studies the changes generated by what is called new media. The aim of the conference is to disseminate the research dealing with the relationship of media and society at large.

PROGRAM

09.30: Conference opening

I.: PHOTOS, SELFIES, HUNTING FOR LIKES

Chair: Anna KÓS, PhD

10.00–10.15: Adya ARSITA, M.A.: Cyberculture and Instagram: A Study on Virtual Photography Community

10.15–10.30: Júlia GYÉRESI, PhD: A visual experience or linguistic presence?

10.30–10.45: Szilárd HÉJJ: Is like the life? Does every road lead to the Metaverzum?

10.45–11.00: Tibor JAKAB, PhD: Facade building, selfie, narcissistic self-representation in the new media

11.00–11.15: coffee break

II.: THE PHENOMENON OF NARCISSISM IN SOCIAL MEDIA

Chair: Tibor JAKAB, PhD

11.15–11.30: Angela PRECUP, PhD: The Relationship between Online Advertising and the Amplification of Narcissistic Behaviours in Youth

11.30–11.45: Kinga BAKK-MIKLÓSI, PhD, habil: Online/offline narcissism in a psychological approach

11.45–12.00: Alexandra Valéria SÁNDOR, PhD-student: Self-Representation on Social Media During the First Five COVID-19 Pandemic Waves

12.00–12.15: IRWANDI, S.Sn., M.Sn.: Digital Photo Studio and the Narcissism of Female Teenagers in Indonesia: A Case Study in Yogyakart

12.15–12.30: Alexandra CĂLINESCU GĂRNIȚĂ, PhD-student:Feminism and the Politics of the Selfie

12.30–13.00:

AWARDING CEREMONY: WINNERS OF THE PRESS PHOTO COMPETITION

13.00–14.00:Lunch break

III.: THE POSSIBILITIES OF ARTISTIC REPRESENTATION IN NEW MEDIA

Chair: Szilárd HÉJJ

14.00–14.15: István HAVADI-NAGY-DAVID: Social Media Usage Customs of Contemporary Artists from Romania for Promoting their Artistic Activity

14.15–14.30: Samuel GANDANG GUNANTO, PhD: Challenge On Preserving Indonesian Arts And Cultural Products Digitally

14.30–14.45: Balázs FŰZFA, PhD, habil: But Who Invented Facebook?

14.45–15.00: Nico KURNIA JATI, M.Sn.: Archiving Digital Photos and Files at the Sonobudoyo Museum as a Reconstruction Effort and the Preservation of the Historical Archives of the Museum Collection

15.00–15.15: Coffee break

IV.: REALITY AND FICTION IN FILMS

Chair: Csongor KUTI, PhD

15.15–15.30: Csilla PETER, PhD-student: The Liminal Space Between Life and Death in Documentaries. Case Study: "You, Margaret" (2021)   

15.30–15.45: Sazkia NOOR ANGGRAINI, S.Sn., M.Sn.: Seeing Myself on Screen: The Making of Auto-ethnography Film "The Age Of Remembrance"

15.45–16.00: Szilárd SZIGETI SZENNER, PhD-student: The Fictional Representation of Reality Masked as Reality

16.00–16.15: Radu IGAZSAG, PhD: Narcissus Covidensis

16.15–16.30: Coffee break

V. szekció: NARCISSISM AND PUBLIC LIFE

Chair: Júlia GYÉRESI, PhD

16.30–16.45: Radu POP, PhD: New Media in Search of Lost Power

16.45–17.00: Gábor KÁLLAI R., PhD: Political narcissism

17.00–17.15: Anna KÓS, PhD: Role model, star, celebrity

17.15–17.30: Csongor KUTI, PhD: Media bear

Joint photo

17.45–18.00: Questions, conclusions,summary, closing of the conference

18.00: Reception

19.00: Concert