1st Edition

Online Evaluation of Creativity and the Arts

Edited By Hiesun Cecilia Suhr Copyright 2015
200 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

186 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

184 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Social media have dramatically popularized practices of evaluation, especially of cultural products and artistic expressions. The practices of "liking" and rating any shared contents such as music to blogs, film, videos, photographs to artwork and performances are ubiquitous in today’s digital environments. As a result, creative producers are increasingly developing reputations and careers... Read more

1. Introduction: Towards an Interdisciplinary Understanding of Online Evaluation of Creativity and the Arts H. Cecilia Suhr  2. Revenge Rating and Tweak Critique at Photo.net Joseph Reagle  3. Link Love and Comment Karma: Norms and Politics of Evaluation in the Fashion Blogosphere Brooke Erin Duffy  4. Who Judges the Judges: Evaluating Competition as a Technique of Evaluation in Online Game Design Forums Aaron Trammell  5. Constructing Learning Through the Creative Evaluation of Visual Arts Production Linda Vigdor  6. Evaluating and Self-Evaluation on YouTube: Designing the Self in Make-Up Tutorials Ramon Reichert  7. No Learning, No spec: Spec Work Competitions and the Spec Movement Helen Kennedy  8. Unpacking the Shifting Landscape of Music Evaluation in Indaba Music Contests H. Cecilia Suhr  9. Online Social Influence and the Evaluation of Creative Practice: A Critique of Klout Alessandro Gandini

Biography

H. Cecilia Suhr is Assistant Professor of Digital Media at Miami University-Hamilton and Affiliate Faculty in the Department of Art at Miami University, USA.

"This book makes an important, useful and well-timed contribution to the digital humanities, as a forerunner in the emerging area of digital evaluation." -- Owen Gallagher, National College of Art and Design, Ireland