Living in and adapting to a culture of exposure: Exploring how visibility affects people’s lives, thoughts and feelings

The article discusses a new shift to a culture of visibility, an environment where it has become normal to have what used to be private, hidden or personal shifted into the public space.

Living in and adapting to a culture of exposure: Exploring how visibility affects people's lives, thoughts and feelings

Anita Black, Jon McNeill and Mitra MartinHall & Partners, United States

INTRODUCTION

Today, somewhere in New York City, a well-dressed woman is rushing to her car as a photographer follows behind, snapping dozens of candid shots. This may sound like an apt description of a day in the life of a starlet, but actually it's the latest fashion statement courtesy of a company called Methodlzaz, which gives average people the chance to hire paparazzi to stalk them....

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