The team initially struggled with the development of our web feature idea. We tossed up between ideas such as Fast Fashion and a concept called Rosy Retrospection. The former included analysing the impact of this social tendency whilst the latter would investigate current tendencies that promote past trends and seek to understand why each generation seems to have an obsession with the past.
However, despite being very interested and excited by these possible ideas, we also took into consideration elements such as originality and platform usability. Both aforementioned subject matters already had large amounts of coverage. Simple google searches revealed thousands of articles covering similar, if not the exact same, ideas.
From further discussion, we decided upon a thematic concept that will provoke conversation around the complicated regulations on nudity in the media. Our platform will be a space for audiences to debate, educate themselves, and share personal experiences with the media. We are seeking to clarify and bring attention to the confusing jumble of regulations that are often unequally enforced within social media. We are seeking to analyse such things as current laws around sexting, what nude images are allowed on Instagram, double standards, etc. We want to question why there seems to be such a ‘nanny state’ around seeing the naked body when historically nudity has always played an important part in artworks and other outlets.
References
Drew, D. and Reichart, E. (2019, January 16). By the numbers: The impacts of fast fashion. Eco-Business. Retrieved from https://www.eco-business.com/.
Rosy Retrospection: A Look at the Psychological Phenomenon. (2016, February 23). South-eastern University. Retrieved from https://online.seu.edu/.
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