Mapping selfies and memes as Touch

Fiona Andreallo is a Postdoctoral, Early Career fellow at RMIT University, Design and Social Context, Melbourne, Australia. She is also an Honorary Research Associate at The University of Sydney, Media and Communications, Sydney, Australia. Fiona’s research focuses on human-technological relationships, communication and cultures. She has previously published in areas of social media, social robotics and technological relationships towards personalised care. Her research approach is shaped by her background as a digital media artist. In her research, she has worked with prominent stakeholders, including local government, art galleries, private care companies, and The Sydney Institute for Robotics and Information Systems (SIRIS).

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Visual social relationships of memes and selfies, and how they imply Touch.- Chapter 3: How Touch works in everyday networked social relationships.- Chapter 4: Mapping Touch of (ugly) selfies, memes, and jokes as forms of intimacy and violence.- Chapter 5: Semeful sociabilities: socially networked photography as embodied relationships of Touch.- Chapter 6: Key takeaways and prospective research.