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What is Voyeurism

Chapter 15
New Media and Visual Communication in Social Networks
Voyeurism is the sexual interest in or practice of spying on people engaged in intimate behaviors, such as undressing, sexual activity, or other actions usually considered to be of a private nature. The term comes from the French for which means “to see”. However, that term is usually applied to a human who observes somebody secretly and, generally, not in a public space.
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Voyeurism in Social Networks and Changing the Perception of Privacy on the Example of Instagram
Serpil Kır (Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Turkey)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 15
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1041-4.ch015
Abstract
With the development of communication technologies and changing perceptions of privacy in Turkey, it has emerged to problematize as concept voyeurism. The basic element that framed the intimate place over the body is the place. In social networks, the reset function of the place transforms the private body into a public domain for consumption. The notion of voyeurism, which means watching, is also related to place as of origin. The pleasure of peeping the place belonging to others is also related to the pleasure of penetrating the boundaries of place. Social networks threaten privacy/space as a voyeur environment in the context of establishing this system of pleasure. In the context of social networks, place, and body, a conceptual framework will be discussed, as well as privacy and voyeurism. Also, the selected social network activities will be examined by Instagram's photo and video sharing content analysis method.
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Chapter 20
Stylized Moments: Creating Student Engagement and Participation in an Asynchronous Online University Film Course
(From the Fr. Voir , to see)—the gazing upon someone without the awareness or permission of the object of the gaze, often motivated by sexual or otherwise devious desires—is a notion as old as human history. King Claudius calls Polonius and himself “lawful espials” as they hide in order to watch young Hamlet “seeing, unseen” (III. i). Voyeurism also describes the active/passive dynamic every moviegoer experiences. While the stage experience allows the audience to look anywhere at the theatrical spectacle, films place us in a passive position by specifically directing our gaze, dictating every angle and object. The active element of cinematic voyeurism is evident with regard to the fourth wall rule, whereby the audience gazes upon characters who do not look directly into the camera and at least pretend to not know they are being watched.
Published in Chapter: Stylized Moments: Creating Student Engagement and Participation in an Asynchronous Online University Film Course; From: Handbook of Research on Strategic Management of Interaction, Presence, and Participation in Online Courses
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