SOCIETY FOR POST MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY POSTGRADUATE DISSERTATION PRIZE WINNER 2022 Protest, persuasion, promotion: exploring the relationship between graffiti stickers and social media communities
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: SummaryGraffiti stickers are small, self-adhesive paper or vinyl that include texts and images designed to communicate with the viewer. Frequently found on street furniture in cities stickers have an enmeshed relationship with social media communities that is unique within graffiti, so much so that a full understanding of many stickers requires an investigation of the social media sites that they reference. Using a methodological approach that considers the real world positioning of stickers recorded through survey with an online search, the messages of individuals and groups aiming to protest social norms, persuade the reader of political ideas or promote niche products and services can be seen. How viewers receive these messages is indicated by those stickers that are tolerated and those that are defaced, the process of place making in action. Relationships, both alliances and competition, which are visible online can be seen to play out in the real world with sticker practice for example grouping or over stickering.
Source: Post-Medieval Archaeology
Author: Claire Moore
Institution: University of Sheffield
Language: English
Topic: Public Spaces through Art
Subfield: Urban Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4408227927