{"id":260,"date":"2021-10-19T19:53:01","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T19:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/nmict21group3\/?p=260"},"modified":"2022-05-11T12:33:12","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T12:33:12","slug":"volunteer-pictures-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/nmict21group3\/2021\/10\/19\/volunteer-pictures-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Would you volunteer if you couldn\u2019t share pictures on social media?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Would you visit a new place if you couldn\u2019t take pictures? Yes\/No<\/span><\/blockquote>\r\nA while ago I was navigating Instagram stories from my account, and, suddenly, I found the above Instagram poll question. From my perspective, an active Instagram user, the question was out of place. I would have answered \u201cwho cares about the pictures when one has the opportunity to make new experiences, new connections, etc.\u201d. Nevertheless, I found out that some people actually answered \u201cNo\u201d. I wondered: <\/span>\r\n
Is the picture more important than the experience?<\/span><\/blockquote>\r\nSocial media are great tools to create networks and gather information. As well as, share personal experiences and moments of our lives, and there is nothing wrong here. People build their profile based on the images they want to show of themselves. Nowadays, travelling and making experiences is still considered \u201ccool\u201d, even if it is pretty accessible to many people in the Global North. Social networks are the perfect showcase for self-presentation pictures. Volunteerism, or volunteer tourism, is very discussed in the humanitarian sector for the way volunteers sometimes represent themselves and the \u201cothers\u201d \u2013 the beneficiaries in Global South. <\/span>Barbie Savior<\/a>, Radi-Aid<\/a>, and Humanitarians of Tinder<\/a> explain the phenomena with irony and seriousness.<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n
A selfie? Why not?<\/h6>\r\n
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<\/div>\r\n\r\nBarbie Savior<\/span> is a satirical account on Instagram and Facebook that highlights some of the stereotypical representations of volunteer tourists from the Global North. A common perception about social media is that \u201clooking good\u201d or \u201cappearing to do good\u201d is a great way to get likes and comments. \u201cAppearing to do good\u201d is easy and it doesn\u2019t necessarily mean \u201cdoing good\u201d, which requires a deeper analysis. On one hand, posting a picture is quick, it takes only a few seconds. The reward in terms of visibility is immediate. On the other hand, it is not that immediate to think that a picture can be very harmful if it reinforces stereotypes.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n
How bad can a picture be?<\/strong><\/h6>\r\n