Morrison points to the rise of overprotective parenting and emphasis on stranger danger that has coincided with a rise in technological tools.
The same thing has happened to asking for directions: Why ask a human being when you can ask Google Maps or Siri? Smartphones and social media have shunted out the middle man - a living, breathing middle man, by which, in this case, I mean me.
“But then sometimes you feel silly because you’re doing a can-can kick or making a weird face, doing it for this stranger with the ultimate idea that you’ll produce a photo for the people who are actually your audience.” “Many of us can remember a time when we’d be travelling and you’d have to ask someone to take your photo,” said Aimée Morrison, an English professor at the University of Waterloo who researches the way we document our lives online. Article content Smartphones and social media have shunted out the middle man - a living, breathing middle man, by which, in this case, I mean me This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
