Familjefotografier i den digitala tidsåldern: En kvalitativ studie om delning och arkivering

Abstract

This study examines women in the age 52-66 and their approach to their own archive and sharing practices of family photos, based on the shift from analogue to digital photography and today’s photographic practices with camera phones as tool. By using six qualitative interviews and the theories home mode communication, Kodak culture, remediation, immediacy and hypermediacy the study frames the respondent’s photographic practices. It was possible to discern how the sharing practices are changing and evolving due to social medias and online sharing through direct messages and how these possibilities have created new approaches to sharing. Furthermore, it was possible to see a variety of differences between analogue and digital archive methods, where the quantity of photographs was one of the significant factors, and how the affection towards the different archives varied. Lastly this study contributes on an understanding of the respondents’ approach and thoughts on their photographic archives perseverance and survival.