Sunday, January 31, 2016

Snapchat: Geofilters for City Diplomacy


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Jan 30, 2016
Snapchat is a mobile application that allows people to take and share pictures and videos instantly, which can be tagged by location. This geofilter aspect can function as a tool for city diplomacy, especially since many of the filters are created by local artists to express the character of their environment. Snapchat also acts as a medium for cultural diplomacy by sharing crowdsourced stories to its users about happenings around the world, from kite festivals in Gujarat, India, to Australia Day.
For the latest updates on webjournalism tools and apps, visit USC School of Journalism professor Robert Hernandez's website
Photo by Meena Kadri / CC by-SA 2.0

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