Informed by the theory of digital virtual consumption (Denegri-Knott & Molesworth, 2010), and through an in-depth analysis of 16 interviews with lurking luxury consumers on Instagram, we identified four lurking practices of luxury consumption on visual social media. These practices are enabled by the very nature of visual social media, which allows users to receive and create content at the same time. Compared with traditional, text-based social media, visual social media enables the creation of idealized luxury content, not only through pictures but also through archiving and lurking of this type of content. Overall, this article uncovers an unconventional form of luxury content consumption by examining digital virtual consumption in the form of compassing, curating, collecting, and conversing of luxury content. Each practice contributes to shaping the social media users' performa-tivity of virtual luxury consumption.
Informed by the theory of digital virtual consumption (Denegri-Knott & Molesworth, 2010), and through an in-depth analysis of 16 interviews with lurking luxury consumers on Instagram, we identified four lurking practices of luxury consumption on visual social media. These practices are enabled by the very nature of visual social media, which allows users to receive and create content at the same time. Compared with traditional, text-based social media, visual social media enables the creation of idealized luxury content, not only through pictures but also through archiving and lurking of this type of content. Overall, this article uncovers an unconventional form of luxury content consumption by examining digital virtual consumption in the form of compassing, curating, collecting, and conversing of luxury content. Each practice contributes to shaping the social media users' performa-tivity of virtual luxury consumption.
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